Overweight people with type-2 diabetes live longer than patients with normal weight, according to a British study of what researchers call the “obesity paradox”.
Almost 3 million people in Britain have a diagnosis of type-2 diabetes, which occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar, and its glucose levels can become dangerously high. The condition has been repeatedly linked to obesity.
Doctors followed the records of more than 10,500 people in Hull for about a decade. They found that although overweight and obese patients had a higher risk of non-lethal heart problems, those who were overweight had a lower risk of dying than patients with a “normal” body-mass index [BMI]. Those who were underweight had the worst prognosis of