Be overweight and live longer

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 22:00

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Contrary to what was previously assumed, overweight is not increasing the overall death rate in the German population.

Matthias Lenz of the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Natural Sciences of the University of Hamburg and his co-authors present these and other results in the current issue of Deutsches Artzeblatt International.


 

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