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more about #chubby more comments → IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: I know this is way late and no one will read it, but I just needed to break out into song. So here goes: FAT! I'm gonna live forever! I'm gonna learn ... more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: If anyone's still reading this, here's the data from the actual study (if you have access to Nature and want the link, pm me). I hope it's ok to post... more » Brigit: Well, hello lack of context! more » takeitasred: I was just listening to the beginning of Malcom Gladwell's "Outliers" on audibook this afternoon and I have to share his (post-relevant) introduction.... more » shorty63136: Chubby people live longer? I'm well on my way, then. See you bitches in 2060! more » Lymed: Didn't Jezebel cover a study with the same finding last summer? Or am I hallucinating out of hunger again? more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: FOOD = DEATH. NO FOOD = DEATH. EXCESSIVE WATER CONSUMPTION = DEATH. INSUFFICIENT WATER CONSUMPTION = DEATH. SMOKING = DEATH. DRINKING = DEATH. DRIVING... more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: I'm chubby and a vegetarian, so I'm going to outlast all of you! (Just kidding.) more » Skellatrix: I appreciate the "under" toilet paper in this painting, however, I am annoyed at the toilet lid being up. more » squeakel: I've read several studies that found the exact opposite results. Calorie restriction increases your longevity. I'm just going to go with the one that ... more » kontrolle: No wonder this guy looks so freakin' happy. more » Eric Northman is mine: I predict today's worstie will come from this thread. more » NewsBunny: I'm 35. I have no desire to live past, say, 70. I don't want to spend the last years of my life hobbling around with a cane, having to hire someone to... more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: According to this article overweight people live longer than underweight people live longer than obese people. They don't really mention where people... more » save jinger: I for one am planning to lose weight so I can die earlier so I don't have to read another word about fucking BMI's! more » -
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Chubby People Live Longest
"Health experts have long warned of the risk of obesity, but a new Japanese study warns that being very skinny is even more dangerous, and that slightly chubby people live longer." [Sydney Morning Herald]

