06.26.2009 10:47 am
How will this new study change summer diets?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Now that bikini season is here, plenty of women are beginning strict dieting to shed just a few extra pounds. That excess weight women so desperately want to lose might not fit into the standard set by celebrities and models, but it might help you live a longer life.
According to the New York Times, a new study says that people with excess weight, but not obese, may live longer lives.
“Overweight may not be the problem we thought it was,” said Dr. David H. Feeny, a senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., and one of…

