Men who had never smoked, but were obese with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 to 35 were 41 percent more likely to die—1.41 times more likely—during a 10-year follow-up than normal weight men who had never smoked with a BMI of 23.5 to 25 according to a new study from the US’s National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. To put this another way, men who were normal weight with a BMI of 23.5 to 25, were 29 percent less likely to die than men who were obese with a BMI of 30-35.
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