Being normal weight but carrying fat around the middle more deadly than being obese

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/acop-btb110315.php

Public Release: 9-Nov-2015
Being thin but carrying fat around the middle more deadly than being obese
American College of Physicians

Normal-weight people who carry fat around their midsections have a greater mortality risk than those who are overweight or obese but have normal fat distribution, according to an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Studies have shown that central obesity is associated with increased total and cardiovascular mortality.

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They found that normal-weight adults with central obesity have the worst long-term survival compared with any group, regardless of BMI. The data showed that a normal-weight person with central obesity had twice the mortality risk of participants who were overweight or obese according to BMI only.

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