Underweight and Extremely Obese Die Earlier Than People of Normal Weight, Study Finds

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June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Underweight peoplew and those who are extremely obese die earliedr than people of normalweight - but thos e who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal Those are the findingsx of a new study published online in Obesity by researcherds at Statistics Canada, Kaised Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland State Oregon Health & Science University, and McGil l University.
(Photo: (Photo: "It'sx not surprising that extreme underweight and extreme obesity increass the risk of but it is surprising that carryinvg a little extra weight may give people alongevity advantage, said , PhD, coauthor of the studgy and senior investigator for the Kaisefr Permanente Center for Health Research. "It may be that a few extra pounds actually protect older people as theirhealthb declines, but that doesn't mean that people in the normakl weight range should try to put on a few pounds, said , DrPH, coauthor and Professor of Communituy Health at Portland State University.
"Our study only looked at not at qualityof life, and thered are many negative health consequencesx associated with obesity, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes." "Gooxd health is more than a BMI or a numbeer on a scale. We know that people who choose a health lifestyle enjoy better goodfood choices, being physicallty active everyday, managing and keeping blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels in check," said MD, a weight management specialistf with Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute. The study examined the relationshio between body mass index and deathamong 11,326y adults in Canada over a 12-yeatr period.
(BMI uses height and weight to estimate body Researchers found that underweighr people had the highest riskof dying, and the extremelhy obese had the seconed highest risk. Overweight people had a lowefr risk of dying than thosee ofnormal weight. This is the first large Canadian study to show that peoplre who are overweight may actually live longer than those of normal Anearlier study, conducted in the Unite States and published in 2005 in the Journalp of the American Medical Association, showed simila r results. For this study, researchers used data from the Nationaol Population Health Survey conducted by Statistics Canada evergytwo years.
During the study period, from 1994/1995 througgh 2006/2007, underweight people were 70 percent more likely than peoplw of normal weightto die, and extremelty obese people were 36 percent more likely to die. But overweighft individuals were 17 percent less likelyto die. The relative risk for obes e people was nearly the same as for peoplew ofnormal weight. The authors controllede for factors suchas age, sex, physicap activity, and smoking. The studg was funded by grants from the National Institute on the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Canadiahn Embassy inWashington D.C.
Authorsa include: , PhD, Statistics Canada; JM Berthelot, Canadiamn Institute for Health Information andMcGill , DrPH, Portland State University; , PhD, Kaiserr Permanente Center for Health Research; Bentson H. McFarland , MD, PhD, Oregomn Health & Science University and , PhD, McGill If you want to know more abou t health risks related to your weightand BMI, ask your doctor or get more information at About the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research ( Kaisert Permanente's Center for Health Research, foundesd in 1964, is a nonprofit research institutioj dedicated to advancing knowledge to improvr health. It has research sites in Ore., Honolulu, Hawaii and Atlanta.
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