A few extra pounds may help elderly live longer

[sargeant]

I bet this will cheer a fair few of the expats up living here

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/hl_ ... ds_elderly

I am gonna live forever

on a more serious note there will be at least one who will be in mortal fear

[bapak]

I bet this will cheer a fair few of the expats up living here

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/hl_ ... ds_elderly

I am gonna live forever

on a more serious note there will be at least one who will be in mortal fear

I qualify.

[sandman67]

cant resist this one.....

Where exactly in America did they find these thin people to base their studies on?

[HuntingTigers]

"However, in light of their findings, although weight loss may improve risk for various co-existing illnesses associated with obesity, "the appropriateness of weight loss as an intervention to extend longevity in older populations is unclear and warrants further investigation," Kuk and Ardern conclude".

SOURCE: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, November 2009.

This is hardly a ringing endorsement to stuff your face if you're 65+ and anyway as sandman67 points out, "Where exactly in America did they find these thin people to base their studies on?". HT.

[redzonerocker]

cant resist this one.....

Where exactly in America did they find these thin people to base their studies on?

my money is on florida

[BaaBaa.]

my money is on florida

At Airport Arrivals.

[sargeant]

HuntingTigers wrote

This is hardly a ringing endorsement to stuff your face if you're 65+

Up to you my son each to his own
i dont need a ringing endorsement to stuff my face just good tasty food
I am still going for 10 pallbearers not a measly four anymore

sandman67 wrote

Where exactly in America did they find these thin people to base their studies on?

Dr. Jennifer L. Kuk, from York University in Toronto, Canada The study she co-conducted with Dr. Chris I. Ardern, also from York University

could that be a clue always willing to help the junior secret service

[PeteC]

The USA is 9, the UK 28th. Only reason for 28th is that you keep letting in skinny and hungry immigrants. Most of ours come from Mexico and they're already fat. Pete

[redzonerocker]

my money is on florida

At Airport Arrivals.

very true baabaa
they were flying in from texas, california, oklahoma, kansas, . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The USA is 9

you are 'aving a giraffe, aren't you?

i don't know about skinny immigrants in the uk but it has become quite evident that the youngsters of today are far more weightier than of previous generations, & they don't seem to care, judging by the way they dress

[PeteC]

No, Forbes magazine published a list. Those higher than the USA were all Pacific Island nations except for Kuwait.

Another publication lists USA, Mexico and the UK as 1,2,3.

Publications/studies all seem to have their own formula and their own numbers making it diffcult as to what to believe. Pete

[redzonerocker]

No, Forbes magazine published a list. Those higher than the USA were all Pacific Island nations except for Kuwait.

i did once see a documentary concerning some of the weight problems of the pacific islanders.
i'm pretty sure it was something to do with football (soccer to you! ) & how the coach was struggling to get players because they were just to big
probably be better going down the rugby route

[PeteC]

Actually, this would be a good high season project for AWOL. Send out some young Thai person with a clipboard and randomly asking passing farangs what their nationality is. The hidden agenda is to also record if they look overweight. Results published in March. Pete

[hhfarang]

In some country (Japan maybe?) it used to be good to be fat; the fatter the better, as it was considered a sign of wealth and status (plenty of money for food, can layabout all day instead of working and burning calories), kind of like light skin here...

[HuntingTigers]

HuntingTigers wrote

This is hardly a ringing endorsement to stuff your face if you're 65+

Up to you my son each to his own
i dont need a ringing endorsement to stuff my face just good tasty food
I am still going for 10 pallbearers not a measly four anymore

"Up to you my son each to his own"
Oh Dad, I've found you after all this time, I always wondered where you were - still intent on stuffing your face I see.

[sargeant]

I cant be your DAD HT unless you are of mixed race, A headmaster and emigrating to New Zealand

May i suggest you look at your diet if you are getting that confused maybe there is not enough minerals reaching the grey matter

So me old mucker yes i am stuffing my orifice with
Fresh meat,fresh veggies, fresh fish, fresh chicken, fresh prawns homemade bread, homemade cakes and puddings, porridge and loads of other stuff like borehole water all of which contain no additives, i dont put in myself and no steroids or antibotics put in by somebody else.
Plus buckets of vitamin "D" cant avoid that muck over here

pigging out really lol

come to think of it i havent felt this healthy since my last heart attack