{"id":7322,"date":"2016-05-10T17:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medclinicsllc.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/10\/heavier-is-now-healthier-than-in-1970s-study\/"},"modified":"2016-05-10T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:28:41","slug":"heavier-is-now-healthier-than-in-1970s-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/10\/heavier-is-now-healthier-than-in-1970s-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavier is now healthier than in 1970s: study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/heavier-now-healthier-1970s-study-155424584.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medclinicsllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Part-DV-DV2151013-1-1-0.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"86\" alt=\"The optimum ratio of weight and height -- known as body mass index or BMI -- is now on the upper side of the healthy range, according to a report\u00a0was based on more than 100,000 people in Denmark\" align=\"left\" title=\"The optimum ratio of weight and height -- known as body mass index or BMI -- is now on the upper side of the healthy range, according to a report\u00a0was based on more than 100,000 people in Denmark\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Being on the heavier side may not be as dangerous as it was in the 1970s, according to a study Tuesday that points to the protective effects of a few extra pounds. The optimum ratio of weight and height \u2014 known as body mass index or BMI \u2014 is now on the upper side of the healthy range, according to the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). \u201cCompared to the 1970s, today\u2019s overweight individuals have lower mortality than so-called normal weight individuals,\u201d said Borge Nordestgaard, clinical professor at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being on the heavier side may not be as dangerous as it was in the 1970s, according to a study Tuesday that points to the protective effects of a few extra pounds. The optimum ratio of weight and height \u2014 known as body mass index or BMI \u2014 is now on the upper side of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,33,67,80,81,82,85],"class_list":["post-7322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-management","tag-diet","tag-hcg","tag-phentermine","tag-weight","tag-weight-clinic","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-managenemt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Part-DV-DV2151013-1-1-0.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}