Healthiest weight just might be ‘overweight’
Long-term study in Denmark suggests that optimum body mass index is on the rise

FAT CHANCE The body mass index, or BMI, associated with lowest risk of death now falls within the “overweight” category, according to an almost four-decade study of more than 100,000 adults in Denmark.
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