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When it concerns a medical agreement on body fat here's what we know: There isn't one. The research study is conflicting, translating the outcomes can be confusing and even leading specialists disagree about whether or not you can be healthy at any size.

More than one third of U.S. grownups are overweight. And being obese or overweight can put individuals at a higher risk for other health problems like heart problem and diabetes. Yet, in the last decade or so, there's increasing data recommending body fat may, in many cases, impart a type of protective advantage. This has actually caused what's known as the "obesity paradox"-- the reality that moderately overweight individuals with persistent illness are frequently outliving normal-weight people with the very same health issues.

The most current example is a research study released this week in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. In the study, researchers took a look at over 10,500 clients with type 2 diabetes who were followed for around 10 years. They discovered that overweight or overweight people in the study had a higher rate of cardiac events like cardiac arrest compared to individuals who were a regular weight. However, people who were overweight-- however not overweight-- lived longer than the people who were of normal weight or underweight. In fact people who were underweight had the worst diagnosis, the scientists revealed.

" The explanation for these outcomes is unidentified and does not indicate that clients with diabetes should try to end up being overweight," the editors of Annals compose. "Patients ought to continue to follow a healthy way of life."

That does not answer the concern of why heavier individuals fared better by some steps, however-- a question that has been afflicting scientists for more than a decade. Some scientists say they've had trouble getting their initial findings published in medical journals because it raises numerous tough questions. And for typical joes, this emerging body of evidence continues to puzzle.

Can Fat Help the Heart?

The current research study does not contest the fact that being overweight puts individuals at risk for heart issues. But how can it be that the very factors that put individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease could also include years to their life?

In a 2014 study, a team of scientists performed a meta-analysis of 36 studies and discovered that a that low BMI in countless patients with coronary artery disease who went through surgical treatment was connected with up to a 2.7-fold greater danger of cardiac arrest and heart-related death over a follow up duration of near 2 years. But overweight and overweight clients had much better outcomes and heart-related death danger was most affordable among overweight patients with a high BMI compared to people with a normal BMI.