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# Topsy-Turvy World of Research
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1598/
- Published: 2005-07-07T22:44:50.000Z
- Updated: 2005-07-07T22:44:50.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Food and Drink, #wpChunk

A new study says being overweight is a problem after all. [Link](http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/Fumento20050707.shtml?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Excerpt:

> That study in the July *Health Affairs* classified people as obese ([Body Mass Index](http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bminojs.htm?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) above 30), overweight (above 25), and normal (below 25). Granted that “normal” is something of misnomer in a country where only a third of adults are below that 25 BMI level. It then compared medical expenditures for these three categories in 1987 and 2002.

> To do so it looked at nine physical conditions aggravated by extra poundage, plus “mental disorders.” For all nine of the physical conditions in 2002, “overweight” persons fared WORSE than “normal” ones. They were almost three times likelier to have type 2 diabetes and well over twice as likely to have high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

> But the obese suffer far more. They were more than twice as likely to suffer arthritis, asthma, heart disease, and upper gastrointestinal problems compared to “normal” persons. They were more than six times likelier to suffer diabetes and more than four times likelier to have hypertension.

> So much for those grabby April headlines like the *New York Times's* “Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful,” and AP's “Study: Being Overweight Isn't So Deadly After All.” The old message was right all along ”“ excess fat kills and cripples. It also costs us big bucks, the main message of the *Health Affairs* article.