Fairly thick livers the longest.
This is shown by several studies conducted in recent years.
– You cannot starve yourself to good health. Not in the long term, in any case, says researcher Axel Carlsson DN.
Do you want to live a long and healthy life?
Then you should not focus on the weight, but the health as a whole. That is according to Axel Carlsson, docent in epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute in Huddinge.
Instead, he highlights walking his steps, not smoking, drinking moderately and eating fruit and vegetables as some factors that increase the chance of a long life.
– For every such healthy habit you have, the greater the chance of a long and healthy life, he says.
“Having a few holes is often an advantage”
In addition, research shows that a few extra kilos have a protective effect in the case of, for example, infections, especially if you are 50 or older, writes DN. Severe obesity is not good, but too much weight loss is done unnecessarily.
– A little higher in age, being overweight has a protective effect. Having a little hole is often an advantage then, says Axel Carlsson to the newspaper.
If you look at BMI, Axel Carlsson believes that only with severe obesity does the risk of dying prematurely increase. For those with mild obesity, the risk of dying prematurely was even lower.
– In 2009, we published a study in International Journal of Obesity with a follow-up period of 26 years. Those who had the lowest risk of dying in that study had a BMI around 27 and 28. So we saw a protective effect with a certain excess weight, he tells DN.