Healthiest weight just might be ‘overweight’
Long-term study in Denmark suggests that optimum body mass index is on the rise
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FAT CHANCE The body mass index, or BMI, associated with lowest risk of death now falls within the “overweight” category, according to an almost four-decade study of more than 100,000 adults in Denmark.
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