A Few Extra Pounds Can Kill You, Study Says

Wow! If you think the reason to lose those few extra pounds is for your vanity, think again. That little bit of excess weight could flat out kill you.

I’m still trying to grapple with a very painful thumb so rather than comment more now, I’ll just send you to this fascinating AP story, which reports about the fascinating new study from scientists at the National Cancer Institute, who looked at a huge sample size — more than half a million people, ages 50 to 71 — who ere participating in a research project by the National Institutes of Health and AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons.