Anger amongst experts after study claims being overweight will give you a longer life

[Irkalla]

[QUOTE=smeismastger;39067361]This articley is the biggest brick of bullshit I have seen.
Because Diabetes is really easy to catch and it fucks you up, also it's uncurable.[/QUOTE]

How the fuck do you catch diabetes?

[BloodRayne]

[QUOTE=Irkalla;39069108]How the fuck do you catch diabetes?[/QUOTE]

Sugar Monkeys.

[Xaphoon]

[QUOTE=FZE;39068246]Seems like common sense to me. Obese = more nutrients to live off = more living, it's clear as day. All them dead motherfuckers just sucked at eating delicious food.

Oh, and, shipwrecked in freezing cold water? How do you think whales survive? Exactly. The obese are built for survival.[/QUOTE]

What about falling into a hole?

[Nitro836]

Those body fats must be influencing somehow.

[PN_Redux]

I don't think i could live with the gut. And not to mention the complications that could follow

[JaegerMonster]

Lmfao the problem they have is not with the study

The problem is the general public reads "study" and thinks its synonymous with "fact". So they are right in that it can send a potentially harmful message.

Studies can be poorly conducted and often are. This is why we look for multiple studies and cross-reference information from multiple sources.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=lapsus_;39068292]No. Healthy people live the longest, that's a fact.[/QUOTE]

You can be of an "ideal" weight and be unhealthy. Mild to moderate over or underweight doesn't automatically imply unhealthy.

[FZE]

[QUOTE=AeroSinthetic;39069344]What about falling into a hole?[/QUOTE]

If you fall in a hole then it's your own fault for not being too obese to fit in the hole.

[Valnar]

[QUOTE=lapsus_;39068292]No. Healthy people live the longest, that's a fact.[/QUOTE]

A point of this study is to suggest that being overweight doesn't imply healthfulness.

[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;39071490]Lmfao the problem they have is not with the study

The problem is the general public reads "study" and thinks its synonymous with "fact". So they are right in that it can send a potentially harmful message.

Studies can be poorly conducted and often are. This is why we look for multiple studies and cross-reference information from multiple sources.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, and people seem to usually assume that criticism to the studies also mean that it is automatically wrong and doesn't warrent further investigation.