article_snippet.sent: Remarkably the obese (with a BMI of 30 plus) did even better; Remarkably the obese (with a BMI of 30 plus) did even better were 24 per cent less likely to develop dementia.
article_snippet.sent: Three years ago, an even larger study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reported that overweight people tended to live longer than those of normal weight.
article_snippet.sent: an even larger study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that being overweight (a BMI between 25 and 29) reduced the risk of premature death by six per cent compared with someone of a normal BMI.
article_snippet.sent: More surprising was that even if someone was at the lower end of obese (BMI of 30 to 34.5) their risk of premature death didn't go up.
article_snippet.sent: Being obese started to reduce lifespan only when your BMI went above 35 - here the risk of dying earlier climbed to 29 per cent greater than those with a normal BMI, according to the study, headed by Dr Katherine Flegal, of the U.S. government Centres for Disease Control.
article_snippet.sent: Being overweight (a BMI between 25 and 29) reduced the risk of premature death by six per cent .
article_snippet.sent: There is no doubt that being obese, and to a lesser extent overweight, is linked to a raised risk of cancers, diabetes, and other chronic disorders.
highlights_snippet.sent: Those who had a BMI of 25 to 29 had an 18 per cent lower risk .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Remarkably the obese (with a BMI of 30 plus) did even better .