Being too thin can be deadlier than being overweight, Danish study reveals

It is possible to be “fat but fit,” new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (September 15-19) suggests.

The study of tens of thousands of people in Denmark found that those with a BMI in the overweight category – and even some of those living with obesity – were no more likely to die during the five years of follow-up than those with a BMI of 22.5-<25.0 kg/m2, which is at the top end of the normal…

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