It was uncomfortably warm sleeping last night, plus I worked too late on my website, so I woke up tired and crabby today. So today became a rest day.
Anyhow, back to the obesity discussion from June 19th. That article showed up again today, this time on WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20090625/study-overweight-people-live-longer
This was the key passage for me:
"Because being overweight is a risk factor for a host of chronic diseases, including heart disease and diabetes, one theory is that their survival advantage is due to the fact that they receive more aggressive treatments to prevent these conditions.
"We tend to be quicker to prescribe statins (to lower cholesterol) and drugs to control blood pressure to patients who are overweight and we are more likely to screen them for diabetes," says weight management expert Keith Bachman, MD."
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