[steel_resolve]

Your article references a JAMA article as the basis for it's conclusions. I'm sure you didn't bother to read the JAMA study, so I did it for you. Here is the money paragraph

Using relative risks from the combined survey data, we estimated that 111,909 excess deaths in 2000 (95% CI, 53 754 to 170 064) were associated with obesity (BMI 30) (Figure 2). Of the excess deaths associated with obesity, the majority (82 066 deaths; 95% CI, 44 843 to 119 289) occurred in individuals with BMI 35 or greater.

So yes, there is a very high correlation to a high BMI and an early exit from this world...the article continues...



Of the 111 909 estimated excess deaths associated with obesity (BMI 30), the majority, 84 145 excess deaths, occurred in individuals younger than 70 years. In contrast, of the 33 746 estimated excess deaths associated with underweight, the majority, 26 666 excess deaths, occurred in individuals aged 70 years and older.

You just got served.

[boop]

"In contrast, of the 33 746 estimated excess deaths associated with underweight, the majority, 26 666 excess deaths, occurred in individuals aged 70 years and older."

Since human life expectancy is in the 70s anyway, this is really no big surprise that most people check out around then, regardless of how fat they are. We all have to die from something.

[Marie2]

“I’m sure you didn’t bother to read the JAMA study, so I did it for you. Here is the money paragraph”

I didn’t pretend I had read the JAMA study. Someone asked me were I got the info about underweight being more likely to die than overweight, so I gave him the info.