what gives you pleasure?
where is the 'happiness' in this equation?
what is the point of our existence... ??
is length of life the critical thing above all other factors?
found another recent article in The Lancet looking at BMI and cardiovascular disease and concluding that BMI is an unreliable predictor of survival... that people with a BMI less than 20 had a higher mortality than the other groups, and there appeared to be a survival advantage for those with a BMI >25... (its a meta-analysis of 40 studies with 250,152 patients...)
but don't take my word for it, here's the interpretation provided by the authors:
The better outcomes for cardiovascular and total mortality seen in the overweight and mildly obese groups could not be explained by adjustment for confounding factors. These findings could be explained by the lack of discriminatory power of BMI to differentiate between body fat and lean mass.
The Lancet 2006; 368:666-678
Does this confound our basic impression that obesity is the source of all evil?
Can we discuss what makes us HAPPY rather than the ways in which to make the world more boring and sterile?
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