A little extra fat to make a long life

A little extra fat to make a long life - Is your diet program is not going well? Still hard to slim? Do not worry. A study shows that people who weigh a little more than the ideal weight are known to live longer than those who have a healthy weight.

In addition, research also shows that people who are obese have a longer life than thin people, as reported by the Daily Mail.

It was discovered after researchers analyzed data on 100 studies. They found that people who have the ideal body weight tended to be shorter lived than they were a bit heavier.

Keep in mind that only a little more fat are likely to outlive. If excess weight is included, even obese, the risk of death also increased. People with excessive weight or obese die earlier than people of normal weight.

So, why people are a little fat can tend to live longer? According to researchers, this may be due to the slightly obese have more fat reserves than thin people when they are sick or aging.

In addition, the high risk of various diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart makes the fat more attention to nutrition and health care.

For the recent study, the U.S. government observations of 91 previous studies related to body weight and age. They found that people who fall into the classification of overweight in BMI are known risk of six percent less likely to die.

While those with a BMI above 34.9 or classified as obese had a 29 percent lower likelihood for longevity.