Being Overweight May Shorten Your Life
In a recently published study examining the relationship between BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) and mortality, 57 prospective studies with a total of 894,576 participants were examined. The mean BMI was 25 kg/m2. And, mortality was lowest in those with a BMI of 22.5 – 25 kg/m2. Each time BMI goes up by …