Health Report - Overweight People Found to Have Less Risk of Early Death

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VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in English. New research shows that overweight or even slightly people have a lower risk of early death than considered to be normal weight. Researchers examined the results 97 studies. Most of the studies were less than years old. They included almost 3 million adults from the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, , India and Mexico. The researcher was carried out at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United . The study found that people who are considered overweight slightly obese were five to six percent less likely die from all causes than people of normal weight. , people with higher obesity ratings had almost a 30 greater risk of death compared to normal-weight individuals. Katherine led the study. She says she was not surprised there was no higher risk for overweight people. But had not thought that the risk of death was lower. The study has raised new questions about "body index," or BMI. This is a measurement of body as a ratio of height to weight. BMI guidelines used for the study. In recent years, many public experts have promoted body mass index as a way predict the risk of health problems. But a person's can be misleading. Steven Heymsfield is head of the Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana. He says people can physically fit and in good health, but might weigh because they are more muscular. Still, he cautions that study's findings should not be an excuse to for to add a few more pounds. For VOA Learning , I'm Laurel Bowman. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast

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