ST App recommendation : Just being overweight has risks

Sharing and article from Straits Times online.


Just being overweight has risks

NEW YORK - LUGGING around a few extra kilos? One of the largest studies to look at health and weight finds that you don't have to be obese to raise your risk of premature death. Merely being overweight carries some risk, too.Obesity increases the risk of death from heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. But whether being merely overweight contributes to an early death as well has been uncertain and controversial. Some research has suggested being a little pudgy has little effect or can even be a good thing.

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