Stu wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:31:34 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06...t_live_longer/
>
> Actually that's not true. The strain on the heart is more if
> overweight by more than 25 lbs. Then there's the belly fat, a pre
> cursor to stroke and heart disease. The extra weight plays havic with
> your knees, and hip joints.
>
> If they are talking about over 10- 12 lbs., the artice is nothing more
> than a fluff piece.

One of my grandmother was short and a little on the plump side. She ate
all sorts of rich foods. Hell, if there was a little cream left in a
pitcher she would drink it rather than put it back in the bottle (in the
days when cream came in a bottle). She died a week before her 100th
birthday. Her husband was slim and died at 56. My other grandmother was
quite plump, and she lived to be 95. My mother had a weight problem and
died at 83, while my father, who was slim, died at 77.