They are just parsing statistics. Smokers are less likely to die of heart attacks too. Why ? Because they die of cancer first.
It’s well established that obesity lowers your life expectancy and gives you all sorts of health problems. And yes, you may be more likely to survive a heart attack, but you are much more likely to have one (or many) at an earlier age.
Thanks for the info, it makes sense.
I’ve helped a number of people get in shape / get healthy.
I’ve never heard any of them say they felt better mentally or physically when they were fat.