RE: Causes of Death Are Linked to a PersonÂ’s Weight

[Guest guest]

> The astounding thing I noticed in this article was this statement by

> Dr. Barrett-Connor, a professor of family and preventive

> medicine at the University of California, San Diego: " A body mass

> index of 25 to 30, the so-called overweight range, " may be optimal, "

Personally, I hate the way I feel at a BMI of 28.

A little fat might help you survive some exceptional events.

I know a lady who's always been a bit rubenesque, but she packed on some

pounds after a year working as a taxi driver.

Around the age of 25 she got a particularly complicated case of

appendicitis that required several surgeries and had her in and out of the

hospital for about six months. She was on intravenous morphine and antibiotics

and had great difficulty eating at this time. There were times that we weren't

sure if she was going to win or if the infection was -- perhaps the extra pounds

gave her an advantage that somebody as thin as a rail wouldn't have had.