{"id":2211,"date":"2016-02-01T20:57:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T20:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrugstore.md\/blog\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2014-01-14T19:52:58","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T19:52:58","slug":"heavier-people-live-longer-dieting-study-l0201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/weight-loss\/heavier-people-live-longer-dieting-study-l0201\/","title":{"rendered":"Dieting Study: Heavy People Live Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New dieting study shows heavier people may live longer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>A new study shows people with a little extra fat might live longer. While critics have spoken out against these findings, the dieting study\u2019s author, Katherine Flegal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the work is sound.<\/p>\n

The Dieting Study<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flegal set out to compare weight with life span and attempted to include as many people as possible in the dieting study.<\/p>\n

“We searched all the literature, thousands of articles, found almost 100 articles with 3 million people, that really addressed this question head-on,” Flegal says.<\/p>\n

According to Flegal\u2019s findings, being a little overweight is associated with a lower risk of death; however, the risk is only lowered by six percent. Still, Flegal says the study lends new information to the field.<\/p>\n

“It’s statistically significant,” Flegal tells NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the reason for heavier people living longer?<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe heavier people present to the doctor earlier, or get screened more often,\u201d she said. \u201cHeavier people may be more likely to be treated according to guidelines, or fat itself may be cardioprotective, or someone who is heavier might be more resilient and better able to stand a shock to their system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Critics disagree with finding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some medical professionals aren\u2019t willing to embrace Flegal\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n

“Our article got called rubbish and ludicrous,” Flegal says, “so it really opens you to lots of criticism. I discovered much to my sorrow that this is kind of a flashpoint for people.”<\/p>\n

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Doctors caution, being heavy isn’t the healthiest option.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. William Cefalu, chief and professor of the section of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Louisiana State University says the study doesn\u2019t consider other contributing factors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are other factors that play a role in overall health,\u201d Cefalu tells HealthDay<\/a>. \u201cBody mass index simply is a parameter; it doesn\u2019t take into consideration family history, it doesn\u2019t take into consideration smoking, fitness, cholesterol and other factors that should be considered beyond body mass index.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study shows people with a little extra fat might live longer. While critics have spoken out against these findings, the dieting study\u2019s author, Katherine Flegal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the work is sound. The Dieting Study Flegal set out to compare weight with life span and attempted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t