Contributed By TriFatlete | Published: Dec 5, 2007
When it comes to living longer, fitness may trump fatness, US researchers said yesterday.
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Men and women who were fit, as judged by a treadmill test, but were overweight or obese had a lower mortality risk than those of normal weight but low fitness levels, the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed.
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