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86. Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death
2013-09-06
New research shows that overweight or even mildly obese people have a lower risk of early death than people considered to be normal weight.
Researchers examined the results of 97 studies. Most of the studies were less than 10 years old.
The researchers work at the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
They found that people who are considered overweight or slightly obese were five to six percent less likely to die from all causes than people of normal weight. People with higher obesity ratings, however, had almost a 30 percent greater risk of death compared to normal-weight individuals.
Katherine Flegal was the lead author of the study. She says she was not surprised that overweight people would not have a higher risk of death.
But she says the difference in death rates appears to be small between normal-weight people and those who are overweight or mildly obese.
