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Healthy Fat
Science Buzz A new study says being overweight might be healthiest. As the New York Times summarizes, “overweight people have a lower death rate because they are much less likely to die from a grab bag of diseases that includes Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, infections and lung disease.”
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November 7, 2007
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