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Being Overweight Appears Associated with Slightly Lower All-Cause Mortality Relative to Normal Weight

The JAMA Report

1:36 | Internal Medicine, Preventative Health, The JAMA Report

B-M-I or Body Mass Index can help determine how much fat is carried in the body. The B-M-I also corresponds to particular weight categories that may indicate certain health problems. A new study examined standard B-M-I categories of normal weight, overweight and obesity and the association with mortality. Catherine Dolf explains in this week’s JAMA Report

Source: Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories

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