As recently reported, overweight has been listed as a top cancer risk, the news today is that being a bit on the chubby side actually might not increase your risk of cancer and in fact protect you better from pneumonia, emphysemia and various other infections. The abstract to the article in JAMA also pries into the future:
…reductions in activities of daily living (ADL) impairment observed for nonobese older individuals did not occur in those who were obese. Over time, declines in obesity-related mortality, along with a younger age at onset of obesity, could lead to an increased burden of disability within the obese older population.
Via Reason
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