Wednesday, October 12, 2011

does obesity matter?

I see fat people everywhere. They don't appear to be dying off but au contraire seem to be thriving. Here's 10 reasons to eat away. 1)AMERICANS FATTER THEN EVER BUT LIVING LONGER THEN EVER 2) Fatter cardiac patients are more likely to survive hospitalization and invasive treatments than thinner ones: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Apr 4;47(7):1418-26. 2006 Mar 20. 3)Fat dialysis pt's more likely to survive than skinny pt's Hemodialysis International,K.Kalantar etal 4)You are 2 1/2 times LESS likely to die of acute heart failure IF YOUR FAT VS THIN AHJ Volume 153, Issue 1, Pages 74-81 (January 2007) 5)Overweight IS not associated with excess mortality K. Flegal JAMA Vol. 293 No. 15, April 20, 2005 6)Fat people get less osteoporosis. Nutrition. 2004 Sep;20(9):769-71. 7)Fat heart failure veterans have SUBSTANTIALLY lower mortality-AJM Volume 120, Issue 6, Pages 518-524 (June 2007)8) Overweight women over 65 have the lowest mortality -American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2005.084178 9) -lower cognitive decline among overweight and obese people- NEURoLOGY September 19, 2007, doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000285081.04409.bb)10)-decrease in morbidity and mortality with increasing body mass index (BMI)-The American Journal of Medicine - Volume 120, Issue 10 (October 2007)