Is it better for the elderly to be fatter? We can all understand that [people of normal weight are healthier], But for those over 65 years of age, Suddenly, the opposite research result appeared: Older people may live longer if they are fatter. As early as 2007, some scholars proposed this phenomenon. In 2013, Katherine Flegal, a scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, presented the results of his large sample study [whether overweight or mildly obese (based on BMI index), Fat people have a 6% lower all-cause mortality rate than normal weight people (all-cause mortality rate refers to the ratio of the total number of deaths caused by various causes in a certain period of time Read More …