This past week a new statistical study by the AMA suggest that being overweight doesn't mean that you'll die sooner then the person who has normal weight, the study even suggested that there is a 6% chance that the overweight person would live longer. After this study was published the deniers are coming out of the woodwork. The statistics are wrong,after all conventional wisdom for years have been saying that if you are fat you have so many diseases that are associated over weight. We have people who say of cause this survey is invalid, a person who dies of cancer will not be overweight.
I don't know the rational of these deniers, but I can see were it's possible for overweight people to get better health care, after all if a person is overweight a will look for things such as diabetes faster then a normal weight individual (?). Prior studies have shown that overweight individuals who work out live longer then normal individuals who live a sedentary life. One only hopes that those who don't like these results don't become like (climate change) global warming deniers.
Odd statistic, we in the United States have a lower life expectancy then most developed nation, that is until the US socialized medicine kicks in at 65. If you live to 65 you can expect to live longer then other developed countries. .
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