Overweight women: do they have less life expectancy?

The middle-aged women with overweighthave nearly 80% less likely to maintain good healthcompared with normal weight women. This was the conclusion of recent research. A group of American researchers studied more than 17,000 nurses with an average age of 50. When the study began in 1976 all women were healthy. The researchers tracked their weight until 2000.

The results indicated that for every point increase in body mass index ofthese women had a 12% lower chance to get healthy until age 70 (compared with thin women). During the study not only evaluated the possibility of contracting diseaseschronic. It also took into account the ability to perform everyday tasks, such is the case of making purchases, vacuuming or climbing stairs.

Experts believe that those women with a BMI between 19-25are in a healthy state. Otherwise, those with an index of 25 to 30women are considered overweight.Those exceeding 30points, obese.

Related posts:

1. Hopelessness, women and increased risk to LCA
2. The women of the future could be, but smaller and heavier, but healthier
3. Women should also do weights
4. Women, high heels and "pain"
5. A slight overweight could prevent cancer