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Normal Body Mass Index Rather than Obesity Predicts Greater Mortality in Elderly People: The Jerusalem Longitudinal Study
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 11/20/09
Stessman J et al. – Higher BMI was associated with lower mortality from age 70 to 88.
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