CDC: Overweight BMI associated with lower mortality(jama.jamanetwork.com)

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CDC: Overweight BMI associated with lower mortality

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1555137

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This report contains a lot of information, so for those looking for the executive summary of one of the more interesting and controversial findings (in the "Conclusions and Relevance") section:

"Relative to normal weight... Grade 1 obesity overall was not associated with higher mortality, and overweight was associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality."