Conflicting News on Being Overweight

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Conflicting News on Being Overweight
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Thu, 11-08-2007 - 12:15pm

One study claims that being overweight lowers your risk of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and lung disease, but raises your risk of diabetes and kidney disease. Another claims that overweight people have a lower rate of death than normal and underweight people. But then a British study found that being overweight increases women's cancer risk.


Being a little heavy may have some benefits


CHICAGO - Being 25 pounds overweight doesn’t appear to raise your risk of dying from cancer or heart disease, says a new government study that seems to vindicate Grandma’s claim that a few extra pounds won’t kill you.


Read More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21655928/


Excess Pounds Raise Women's Cancer Risk


Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A study of more than 1 million British women finds that overweight or obesity is to blame for about 5 percent of all cancer cases.


That's about 6,000 out of the 120,000 cancers affecting British women each year.


The study, by researchers from the University of Oxford, found that overweight and obese women are at higher risk of developing and dying from cancer, including breast cancer in postmenopausal women, colon cancer in premenopausal women, and pancreatic and kidney cancer generally.


Read More: http://totalhealth.ivillage.com/excess-pounds-raise-womens-cancer-risk.html

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Thu, 11-08-2007 - 1:16pm

HI Amy,


How many really old fat people have you seen? I haven't seen any I can remember?

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Thu, 11-08-2007 - 7:34pm