To: ZGuy
"...studies all found that people 20 to 40% over the insurance company weight charts lived the longest."
Ve-r-r-r-ry interesting.
To: ThirstyMan
I know from experience in long term care, that those overweight by >20% (but not morbid) do better in crisis. An infection, a broken bone, major surgery etc -- they recover better and faster.
Those that are at their "IBW" or less usually have one foot on a banana peel and the other in the grave. ANY weight loss in this population is a call for intervention because if not stopped, they will waste away.
9 posted on
11/30/2004 7:47:18 AM PST by
najida
(Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.)
To: ThirstyMan
"...studies all found that people 20 to 40% over the insurance company weight charts lived the longest." Woo-hoo!! I'm gonna live for-ehhh-ver!!
25 posted on
11/30/2004 12:28:59 PM PST by
Marie
(~shhhhh...~ The liberals are sleeping....)
To: joanie-f
"...studies all found that people 20 to 40% over the insurance company weight charts lived the longest."
Hey joanie, did ya hear?
...I'm immortal. :o)
32 posted on
12/01/2004 7:56:52 AM PST by
Landru
(Indulgences: 2 for a buck.)
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