Study: Obesity not Necessarily Linked with Higher Risk of Death. But excluded patients with hypertension and diabetes!

http://www.counselheal.com/articles/2189/20120708/obesity-necessarily-linked-higher-risk-death.htm

Obesity not Necessarily Linked with Higher Risk of Death

"The idea that the more you weighed the higher your chances of death has been called into question after An evaluation of national data by UC Davis researchers has found that extra weight is not necessarily linked with a higher risk of death.

Researchers found that overweight and obese people did not have an increased risk of death when compared to those with normal weight. The report also revealed that people who were severely obese did have a higher risk, but only if they also had diabetes or hypertension.

The repot was published in the July-August issue of The Journal of American Board of FamilyMedicine."