Slightly chubby people live six to seven years longer than the very skinny.According to a long-term Japanese study of 50,000 people based on weight at age 40, the overweight live almost five years longer than the slender. This was still true after factoring out the greater likelihood that skinny people smoke or have preexisting illnesses.
The researchers attribute this discrepancy to thin people having heightened vulnerabilities to diseases such as pneumonia, and having more fragile blood vessels.
We maintain that it could also be that the chubsters' love of eating encourages them to hang on. Because, when you start getting really old, what else is there to do?
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Monday 22 June
By Heavytoka
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Tuesday 23 June
By David
I guess this gives a whole new meaning to some people's motto of "living to eat"...
Mkay now back to playing my wow account, guzzle some mtn dew and stuff my face with cold pizza.
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Friday 10 July
By HL
I've been trying to tell people...there's nothing wrong with a little thickness.