'Overweight' adults age 70 or older are less likely to die over a 10-year period

Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 08:42 in Health & Medicine

Adults aged over 70 years who are classified as overweight are less likely to die over a ten year period than adults who are in the 'normal' weight range, according to a new study published today in the Journal of The American Geriatrics Society.

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