Study dispels ‘obesity paradox’ idea for diabetics

FILE - In this Sunday, April 29, 2012 file photo, a 19-year old diagnosed with diabetes gives herself an injection of insulin at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, Calif. The "obesity paradox" — the controversial notion that being overweight might actually be healthier for some people with diabetes — seems to be a myth, researchers report. A major study finds there's no survival advantage to being large, and a disadvantage to being very large. The study was published by the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)The "obesity paradox" — the controversial notion that being overweight might actually be healthier for some people with diabetes — seems to be a myth, researchers report. A major study finds there's no survival advantage to being large, and a disadvantage to being very large.



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