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This is not a surprising news story, but it is sad. Money comes first. Posted on February activism 21, 2006 in Fat and Health. 13 comments. BMI: No Effect on Lifespan of Adults 50+ An interesting new study in activism the Journal of the American Medical Association attempts to chart four-year mortality rates in adults over 50 years old. The full study impressively includes a one-page survey that doctors could ultimately use in their offices in order to determine one's risk of death. But as BFBers Cat and activism Bill pointed out, there's something interesting here: there's just one spot on the form for BMI, and you're penalized only if your BMI is under 25. There's nothing about a high BMI anywhere to be found. Per the study... We dichotomized BMI because our multivariate analysis showed that when other variables were considered, more extreme values of BMI did not improve the performance of our model. Ultimately, then, BMI didn't have much of an effect on predicting mortality. Yet... hm.
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