Fwd: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

December 7, 2010

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> Date: December 7, 2010 10:03:57 AM EST

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> Subject: FW: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Help clients take the weight off!! See article below.

>

> Joni Rampolla, RD, LDN

>

> Director of Nutrition and Wellness

>

> Medifast, Inc. / Take Shape For Life

>

> 11445 Cronhill Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117

>

> jrampolla@...

>

> Direct: , Fax:

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> Choose Medifast | The Power To Choose Health

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> Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Steady Rise in Death Risk as /Overweight/Obesity Increases

>

> J. DeNoon

>

> Dec. 1, 2010

>

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20101201/every-excess-pound-gained-raises-risk-of\

-death

>

> Dec. 1, 2010 -- Your risk of death rises steadily with every

> overweight pound you gain, a huge study funded by the National

> Institutes of Health confirms.

>

> Even if you don't smoke and are in otherwise good health, your risk

> of death goes up 31% with every 5-point increase in BMI, a measure

> of body mass based on weight and height.

>

> Just being a little bit overweight increases death risk. Compared to

> those with a normal-range BMI of 22.5 to 24.9:

>

> A BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 increased death risk by 13%

> A BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 increased death risk by 44%

> A BMI of 35.0 to 39.9 increased death risk by 88%

> A BMI of 40.0 to 49.9 increased death risk by 251%

> Those figures are for women who do not smoke and who have no

> underlying disease. The risks are similar for men, note Amy

> Berrington de , DPhil, of the National Institutes of Health,

> and colleagues.

>

> " We conclude that for non-Hispanic whites, both overweight and

> obesity are associated with increased all-cause mortality, " they

> conclude. " All-cause mortality is generally lowest within the BMI

> range of 20.0 to 24.9. "

>

> BMI measured before age 50 had the strongest effect on death risk.

>

> Being underweight may also increase death risk, but it's not clear

> whether underlying, undetected disease might account for this finding.

>

> The study pooled data from 19 long-term studies that followed 1.46

> million white adults for five to 28 years.

>

> The strong statistical significance of the findings suggest that an

> earlier study of the impact of obesity on death risk -- which was

> scary enough -- may have underestimated the problem. That study

> found that adult obesity cut life expectancy by four years. The new

> data show that obesity has a much greater effect on life span.

>

> " In our study, there were more than five times as many deaths among

> participants in the highest obesity categories (BMI of 35-0 to 39.9

> and 40.0 to 49.9) than in previous studies, because severe obesity

> had become more common, " Berrington de and colleagues note.

>

> Smoking and chronic disease have an enormous effect on death risk.

> To isolate the effects of obesity, the researchers calculated death

> risk for nonsmokers who reported no underlying disease.

>

> The findings appear in the Dec. 2 issue of the New England Journal

> of Medicine.

>

> =================================================

>

December 7, 2010

It is really starting to be too much to hear all the time how every Oz of extra

wt is deadly.There was a Surgeon General in Israel, years ago who said:

" medicine is wonderful. We were able to combat many disease and elongate lives

but there is one disease we yet to find cure to: Life. "

I think that the pressure to be thin is greater then the risks involved in few

extra pounds.

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDNhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

To: rd-usa

From: v.weaverrd@...

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:33:21 -0500

Subject: Fwd: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

>

> Date: December 7, 2010 10:03:57 AM EST

>

> Subject: FW: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Help clients take the weight off!! See article below.

>

> Joni Rampolla, RD, LDN

>

> Director of Nutrition and Wellness

>

> Medifast, Inc. / Take Shape For Life

>

> 11445 Cronhill Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117

>

> jrampolla@...

>

> Direct: , Fax:

>

> Choose Medifast | The Power To Choose Health

>

> Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Steady Rise in Death Risk as /Overweight/Obesity Increases

>

> J. DeNoon

>

> Dec. 1, 2010

>

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20101201/every-excess-pound-gained-raises-risk-of\

-death

>

> Dec. 1, 2010 -- Your risk of death rises steadily with every

> overweight pound you gain, a huge study funded by the National

> Institutes of Health confirms.

>

> Even if you don't smoke and are in otherwise good health, your risk

> of death goes up 31% with every 5-point increase in BMI, a measure

> of body mass based on weight and height.

>

> Just being a little bit overweight increases death risk. Compared to

> those with a normal-range BMI of 22.5 to 24.9:

>

> A BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 increased death risk by 13%

> A BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 increased death risk by 44%

> A BMI of 35.0 to 39.9 increased death risk by 88%

> A BMI of 40.0 to 49.9 increased death risk by 251%

> Those figures are for women who do not smoke and who have no

> underlying disease. The risks are similar for men, note Amy

> Berrington de , DPhil, of the National Institutes of Health,

> and colleagues.

>

> " We conclude that for non-Hispanic whites, both overweight and

> obesity are associated with increased all-cause mortality, " they

> conclude. " All-cause mortality is generally lowest within the BMI

> range of 20.0 to 24.9. "

>

> BMI measured before age 50 had the strongest effect on death risk.

>

> Being underweight may also increase death risk, but it's not clear

> whether underlying, undetected disease might account for this finding.

>

> The study pooled data from 19 long-term studies that followed 1.46

> million white adults for five to 28 years.

>

> The strong statistical significance of the findings suggest that an

> earlier study of the impact of obesity on death risk -- which was

> scary enough -- may have underestimated the problem. That study

> found that adult obesity cut life expectancy by four years. The new

> data show that obesity has a much greater effect on life span.

>

> " In our study, there were more than five times as many deaths among

> participants in the highest obesity categories (BMI of 35-0 to 39.9

> and 40.0 to 49.9) than in previous studies, because severe obesity

> had become more common, " Berrington de and colleagues note.

>

> Smoking and chronic disease have an enormous effect on death risk.

> To isolate the effects of obesity, the researchers calculated death

> risk for nonsmokers who reported no underlying disease.

>

> The findings appear in the Dec. 2 issue of the New England Journal

> of Medicine.

>

> =================================================

>

December 7, 2010

It is really starting to be too much to hear all the time how every Oz of extra

wt is deadly.There was a Surgeon General in Israel, years ago who said:

" medicine is wonderful. We were able to combat many disease and elongate lives

but there is one disease we yet to find cure to: Life. "

I think that the pressure to be thin is greater then the risks involved in few

extra pounds.

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDNhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

To: rd-usa

From: v.weaverrd@...

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:33:21 -0500

Subject: Fwd: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

>

> Date: December 7, 2010 10:03:57 AM EST

>

> Subject: FW: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Help clients take the weight off!! See article below.

>

> Joni Rampolla, RD, LDN

>

> Director of Nutrition and Wellness

>

> Medifast, Inc. / Take Shape For Life

>

> 11445 Cronhill Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117

>

> jrampolla@...

>

> Direct: , Fax:

>

> Choose Medifast | The Power To Choose Health

>

> Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Steady Rise in Death Risk as /Overweight/Obesity Increases

>

> J. DeNoon

>

> Dec. 1, 2010

>

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20101201/every-excess-pound-gained-raises-risk-of\

-death

>

> Dec. 1, 2010 -- Your risk of death rises steadily with every

> overweight pound you gain, a huge study funded by the National

> Institutes of Health confirms.

>

> Even if you don't smoke and are in otherwise good health, your risk

> of death goes up 31% with every 5-point increase in BMI, a measure

> of body mass based on weight and height.

>

> Just being a little bit overweight increases death risk. Compared to

> those with a normal-range BMI of 22.5 to 24.9:

>

> A BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 increased death risk by 13%

> A BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 increased death risk by 44%

> A BMI of 35.0 to 39.9 increased death risk by 88%

> A BMI of 40.0 to 49.9 increased death risk by 251%

> Those figures are for women who do not smoke and who have no

> underlying disease. The risks are similar for men, note Amy

> Berrington de , DPhil, of the National Institutes of Health,

> and colleagues.

>

> " We conclude that for non-Hispanic whites, both overweight and

> obesity are associated with increased all-cause mortality, " they

> conclude. " All-cause mortality is generally lowest within the BMI

> range of 20.0 to 24.9. "

>

> BMI measured before age 50 had the strongest effect on death risk.

>

> Being underweight may also increase death risk, but it's not clear

> whether underlying, undetected disease might account for this finding.

>

> The study pooled data from 19 long-term studies that followed 1.46

> million white adults for five to 28 years.

>

> The strong statistical significance of the findings suggest that an

> earlier study of the impact of obesity on death risk -- which was

> scary enough -- may have underestimated the problem. That study

> found that adult obesity cut life expectancy by four years. The new

> data show that obesity has a much greater effect on life span.

>

> " In our study, there were more than five times as many deaths among

> participants in the highest obesity categories (BMI of 35-0 to 39.9

> and 40.0 to 49.9) than in previous studies, because severe obesity

> had become more common, " Berrington de and colleagues note.

>

> Smoking and chronic disease have an enormous effect on death risk.

> To isolate the effects of obesity, the researchers calculated death

> risk for nonsmokers who reported no underlying disease.

>

> The findings appear in the Dec. 2 issue of the New England Journal

> of Medicine.

>

> =================================================

>

December 7, 2010

It is really starting to be too much to hear all the time how every Oz of extra

wt is deadly.There was a Surgeon General in Israel, years ago who said:

" medicine is wonderful. We were able to combat many disease and elongate lives

but there is one disease we yet to find cure to: Life. "

I think that the pressure to be thin is greater then the risks involved in few

extra pounds.

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDNhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

To: rd-usa

From: v.weaverrd@...

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:33:21 -0500

Subject: Fwd: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

>

> Date: December 7, 2010 10:03:57 AM EST

>

> Subject: FW: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Help clients take the weight off!! See article below.

>

> Joni Rampolla, RD, LDN

>

> Director of Nutrition and Wellness

>

> Medifast, Inc. / Take Shape For Life

>

> 11445 Cronhill Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117

>

> jrampolla@...

>

> Direct: , Fax:

>

> Choose Medifast | The Power To Choose Health

>

> Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

> Steady Rise in Death Risk as /Overweight/Obesity Increases

>

> J. DeNoon

>

> Dec. 1, 2010

>

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20101201/every-excess-pound-gained-raises-risk-of\

-death

>

> Dec. 1, 2010 -- Your risk of death rises steadily with every

> overweight pound you gain, a huge study funded by the National

> Institutes of Health confirms.

>

> Even if you don't smoke and are in otherwise good health, your risk

> of death goes up 31% with every 5-point increase in BMI, a measure

> of body mass based on weight and height.

>

> Just being a little bit overweight increases death risk. Compared to

> those with a normal-range BMI of 22.5 to 24.9:

>

> A BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 increased death risk by 13%

> A BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 increased death risk by 44%

> A BMI of 35.0 to 39.9 increased death risk by 88%

> A BMI of 40.0 to 49.9 increased death risk by 251%

> Those figures are for women who do not smoke and who have no

> underlying disease. The risks are similar for men, note Amy

> Berrington de , DPhil, of the National Institutes of Health,

> and colleagues.

>

> " We conclude that for non-Hispanic whites, both overweight and

> obesity are associated with increased all-cause mortality, " they

> conclude. " All-cause mortality is generally lowest within the BMI

> range of 20.0 to 24.9. "

>

> BMI measured before age 50 had the strongest effect on death risk.

>

> Being underweight may also increase death risk, but it's not clear

> whether underlying, undetected disease might account for this finding.

>

> The study pooled data from 19 long-term studies that followed 1.46

> million white adults for five to 28 years.

>

> The strong statistical significance of the findings suggest that an

> earlier study of the impact of obesity on death risk -- which was

> scary enough -- may have underestimated the problem. That study

> found that adult obesity cut life expectancy by four years. The new

> data show that obesity has a much greater effect on life span.

>

> " In our study, there were more than five times as many deaths among

> participants in the highest obesity categories (BMI of 35-0 to 39.9

> and 40.0 to 49.9) than in previous studies, because severe obesity

> had become more common, " Berrington de and colleagues note.

>

> Smoking and chronic disease have an enormous effect on death risk.

> To isolate the effects of obesity, the researchers calculated death

> risk for nonsmokers who reported no underlying disease.

>

> The findings appear in the Dec. 2 issue of the New England Journal

> of Medicine.

>

> =================================================

>

December 7, 2010

It would also be much more informative if we would get beyond the constant

obesity studies that fail to distinguish adequately if the obesity is

" causal " in disease or simply " associated with " (a symptom of lack of

exercise and too-high animal fat diet). How many studies' conclusions we

read where it is just assumed if obesity is a factor, it must be causal,

instead of what is causing the obesity. On the other hand, there are as

many studies in which " overweight " and obese weights are shown to be

healthy, and also where dieting history and weight-loss is associated with

earlier mortality. Even IF " obesity " and " overweight " were to be found to

be causal (which I doubt), it is still most beneficial to talk about the

real causes. This constant focus on weight only opens the door to the " lose

weight in any manner " folks who capitalize on the simplistic lack of

understanding in the public. We don't need to perpetuate that.

Diane Preves, M.S., R.D.

N.E.W. LIFE (Nutrition, Exercise, Wellness for LIFE)

www.newlifeforhealth.com

e-mail: newlife4health@..., newlife@...

FW: Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

>>

>

>> Help clients take the weight off!! See article below.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> Joni Rampolla, RD, LDN

>

>>

>

>> Director of Nutrition and Wellness

>

>>

>

>> Medifast, Inc. / Take Shape For Life

>

>>

>

>> 11445 Cronhill Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117

>

>>

>

>> jrampolla@...

>

>>

>

>> Direct: , Fax:

>

>>

>

>> Choose Medifast | The Power To Choose Health

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> Every Excess Pound Gained Raises Risk of Death

>

>>

>

>> Steady Rise in Death Risk as /Overweight/Obesity Increases

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> J. DeNoon

>

>>

>

>> Dec. 1, 2010

>

>>

>

>>

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20101201/every-excess-pound-gained-raises-risk-of\

-death

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> Dec. 1, 2010 -- Your risk of death rises steadily with every

>

>> overweight pound you gain, a huge study funded by the National

>

>> Institutes of Health confirms.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> Even if you don't smoke and are in otherwise good health, your risk

>

>> of death goes up 31% with every 5-point increase in BMI, a measure

>

>> of body mass based on weight and height.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> Just being a little bit overweight increases death risk. Compared to

>

>> those with a normal-range BMI of 22.5 to 24.9:

>

>>

>

>> A BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 increased death risk by 13%

>

>> A BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 increased death risk by 44%

>

>> A BMI of 35.0 to 39.9 increased death risk by 88%

>

>> A BMI of 40.0 to 49.9 increased death risk by 251%

>

>> Those figures are for women who do not smoke and who have no

>

>> underlying disease. The risks are similar for men, note Amy

>

>> Berrington de , DPhil, of the National Institutes of Health,

>

>> and colleagues.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> " We conclude that for non-Hispanic whites, both overweight and

>

>> obesity are associated with increased all-cause mortality, " they

>

>> conclude. " All-cause mortality is generally lowest within the BMI

>

>> range of 20.0 to 24.9. "

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> BMI measured before age 50 had the strongest effect on death risk.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> Being underweight may also increase death risk, but it's not clear

>

>> whether underlying, undetected disease might account for this finding.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> The study pooled data from 19 long-term studies that followed 1.46

>

>> million white adults for five to 28 years.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> The strong statistical significance of the findings suggest that an

>

>> earlier study of the impact of obesity on death risk -- which was

>

>> scary enough -- may have underestimated the problem. That study

>

>> found that adult obesity cut life expectancy by four years. The new

>

>> data show that obesity has a much greater effect on life span.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> " In our study, there were more than five times as many deaths among

>

>> participants in the highest obesity categories (BMI of 35-0 to 39.9

>

>> and 40.0 to 49.9) than in previous studies, because severe obesity

>

>> had become more common, " Berrington de and colleagues note.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> Smoking and chronic disease have an enormous effect on death risk.

>

>> To isolate the effects of obesity, the researchers calculated death

>

>> risk for nonsmokers who reported no underlying disease.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> The findings appear in the Dec. 2 issue of the New England Journal

>

>> of Medicine.

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>>

>

>> =================================================

>

>>

>

>>

December 8, 2010

Diane,

I have a 44 yr oldÂ obese VEGAN friend. She has notÂ consumed any animal fat in

over 10 years. She was obese when a carnivore. She has no underlying disease as

far as her medical professionals can say.Â She is a very healthy woman.Â She

exercises 3 or 4 days a week with her wii. Rides her bike weekly. She is a

ranked tennis player. In her job she is standing and moving about half the time.

SheÂ just eats too much.

Madalyn Friedberg RD CDN

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