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الصحة والعلوم الشرق الأوسط
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Studies suggest that being overweight or mildly obese after age 65 may be associated with a lower risk of death. In a study that followed about 6,900 people for 14 years, the risk of death was roughly half as high among men and 27% lower among overweight women than among people of normal weight. However, being underweight was associated with a higher risk, as was severe obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) above 40. Researchers suggest that extra energy reserves may help people cope with illness, while cautioning that BMI alone is not enough: a larger waist circumference was associated with higher mortality, supporting the use of additional measures to assess obesity.
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