Cheerful news for those whose Body Mass Index (BMI) falls into the “overweight” range today – you will probably live longer than a person whose BMI is “ideal”. If you are “overweight” you’re actually somewhat less likely to pop your clogs soon than your fellows, and if you’ve slipped over the line into “obese” you’re seemingly no worse off than the smug “ideal” body types. Portland State University boffin Mark Kaplan, another study author, cautioned that spindly, unhealthy “ideals” shouldn’t bust open the pie locker in a rash attempt to jockey themselves into the safety of an “overweight” BMI, however. An “ideal” BMI sufferer putting on a few pounds of muscle by doing some judicious exercise might well stave off death for a bit longer; simply gorging on cakes probably won’t help. Still, at least TV food comic Giles Coren’s recent calls for a BMI tax are now further exposed as foolishness, and the “fat people” that he rashly proposes to attack with a stick (any time, Coren – better make it a big stick*) have the consolation of knowing that they’ll probably outlive him. read more
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