"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

It's like smoking, if you are a smoker and live to be 99, the WHO calls that
a smoking related death. If you are a non-smoker and die at 99 and live
with a smoker, that too is a smoking related death.

Paul