Scientists have confirmed a direct link between obesity and premature death

In recent years, the view that the extra weight is not so harmful to health. But the most recent studies have questioned this view.

It was felt that the issue of the survival of obese people have an advantage over people with normal weight. Scientists call this the paradox of obesityThe obesity paradox. However, staff at Boston University Medical Center have proved the opposite. People who are overweight or obese often die earlier than people of normal weight.

In the study,Weight History and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Prospective Cohort Studies It has been studied more than 225,000 profiles of people. Every two years, over 16 years tracked weight subjects, habits and health problems.

Doctors have found that people with the highest body mass index (BMI) have a significantly greater the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or for any other reason, than subjects without excess weight.

People with serious obesity ie with a BMI of 35 or more, the risk of death was 73% higher than those study participants with normal weight.

Previous studies were based on a single measurement of BMI index, and therefore may have incorrectly set the relationship factors. Previously, scientists believed that the cause of weight loss could be a cause of premature death. And, going on the contrary, decided that a high BMI is protecting. But perhaps a lower BMI testified only about the diseases of the digestive organs.

The staff of the Medical Center of Boston University also observed changes in weight over time, allowing them to make more accurate conclusions.

So, if you have extra weight, even if this study will be motivated to start their reset.