The recent study, published in the American Journal of Public Health says that few extra pounds doctors often claim to be dangerous to the health, can actually prolong your life.
The information came from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute. Their researchers studied influence of weight on health and the study has shown that the life of people with few extra pounds is less risky than one of a person whose weight corresponds to recommended limits.
Researchers, who were focused on the risk of death, found that the problems occur in people who are either too thin or too fat. Those with BMIs ranging from 24.6 to 29.8 had the lowest mortality rates. The optimum survival was estimated to be in women scoring 29.2, which is considered “overweight” on the BMI scale.
