[Nachum]

Huh. My BMI is just about 23. Guess I'll go eat some Chili Fries...

[kittymyrib]

Jenny Craig will be sorry to hear this.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

funny you should post this...I mentioned earlier in another post that low thyroid activity (which can explain chubbiness) is thought to extend life. Lower one’s metabolism = longer life. Thinner people tend to have high metabolic rates which might equate to shorter life. Animals with high metabolic rates tend to live shorter lives unlike animals with low metabolic rates.

[Seruzawa]

Wow! Then I should live forever. Pass me some more nachos, Marsha!

[GOP Poet]

This completely contradicts the low daily calorie a day consumption and a longer life data. I am going to have to go with this chubby is best study :-D.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

As the wag said: Warning living is hazardous to your health.”

[TheWasteLand]

I’ve often observed that elderly folks who have good appetites and eat quite a bit (and consequently are a little “chubby”) often seem to be healthier and more vital than skinny elderly folks who eat little.

[Teflonic]

Wow, first I find that smoking is good for me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274891/posts and now this?

[HerrBlucher]

A little chubby maybe, but lardbutts no. Also, what good is living if you can’t get it up, or do other things you want because you are too freakin heavy?

Skinny is for the birds though.

[Jagman]

Paid for by a Chub from the Grant Group!

[a fool in paradise]

People who are a little overweight at age 40 live six to seven years longer than very thin people, whose average life expectancy was shorter by some five years than that of obese people, the study found.

When you get cancer and start to waste away, sometimes it may be better to have something that you CAN afford to lose.

[Revolting cat!]

[mysterio]

Lab studies show that mammals that get a reduced calorie diet actually live about 30 percent longer. So I doubt being heavy is going to help out very many people.

I worked hard to get down to a 23 BMI from one in the mid 30s. No way am I going to let myself get overweight again.

[Mugwump]

Eat healthy

Stay Fit

Die Anyway...

[a fool in paradise]

Did somebody say "LUNCH"?

[Daffynition]

The baseline?.............

[Bon mots]

Maybe so if you get chubby from eating lots of raw fish and seafood high in Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.

Fat people in the states get fat from donuts and crap, not from sushi, sashimi and fish cakes.

[nightlight7]

Considering our current obesity mass hysteria, one would think that such research would be done in USA, yet we had to wait for Japanese scientist to check the obvious matters first. Any phenomenon going against the prevailing dogma in a given environment becomes invisible to the science or mass media in that environment. US scientists or journals or news media, simply don't see things that ought not to be according to laws du jour in their virtual reality. 'Chubby is good for you' doesn't exist in US matrix.

What is even more interesting is how little attention this story, which is great news in fact, has got so far -- only 5 news stories on Google news. It makes it quite obvious which way propaganda winds are blowing here.

[Will88]

I think this article is fairly misleading. They are talking about some serious skinniness, and what they are calling chubby many would call slender.

The study divided people into four weight classes at age 40 according to their body mass index, or BMI, calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by their squared height in metres.

The normal range is 18.5 to 25, with thinness defined as under 18.5. A BMI of 25 to 30 was classed as slightly overweight and an index above 30 as obese.

I'm 6' 2" and 180 lbs., and no one would call me chubby, but my BMI comes out to 23.1, the upper half of their normal. If I drop ten pounds I'm looking very slender.

That 18.5 BMI must be what most would call skin and bones. And this seems to conflict with the calorie restricters who are pretty skinny and believe calorie restriction prolongs life.

[brytlea]

Do they die sooner because they are very thin or are they very thin because they have a health problem?

[Will88]

I believe my calculation is correct, and for a person 6' 2" tall to have a BMI of 18.5, that person would weigh only 144 lbs. That is skin and bones, or worse.

A lot a skinny people would still be above their threshold for "skinny".