Associations of BMI and Waist Circumference with All-Cause Mortality: A 22-Year Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Overweight was associated with lower all-cause mortality in young males and middle-aged females, but underweight demonstrated the opposite association in all elderly participants. Abdominal obesity could decrease all-cause mortality in elderly females.
PMID: 30861324 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Obesity - March 11, 2019 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Chen Y, Yang Y, Jiang H, Liang X, Wang Y, Lu W Tags: Obesity (Silver Spring) Source Type: research