Posted on 05/05/2015 3:17:43 PM PDT by markomalley
Patients with type-2 diabetes who are overweight but not obese outlive diabetics of normal weight, scientists reported on Monday, in another example of the "obesity paradox."
Although public health officials issue dire warnings about the consequences of overweight, and employers are pressuring workers to slim down via "wellness programs," the relationship between weight and longevity is paradoxical: Studies show that although obesity increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), overweight patients with CVD live longer than patients of normal weight.
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That is in part due to some very pernicious and aggressive forms of diabetes that cause wasting and rapid organ failure I have an in law with it.
Heavier people do have more to feed off of when the food supply has been cut.
Is that why Wilford Brimley is still alive and kicking?
The danger is that the space aliens will eat the fat ones first...
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