Professor Tom Yates, professor of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health at the University of Leicester and a lead author of the study, said:
"Our findings could help clarify the relative importance of physical fitness compared to body weight on life expectancy of individuals. In other words, the findings suggest that perhaps physical fitness is a better indicator of life expectancy than body mass index (BMI), and that encouraging the population to engage in brisk walking may add years to their lives."
Fat, fit and old as dirt
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In my personal family experience, fat old people don't die young, they live to be 90+ and require you to change their diapers. Keep them mobile and its easier to get them on the toilet.
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Don't do it Fatty. There are people who love you. I mean, there probably are some people who love you. A few anyway. OK, not a lot. Well, all right, maybe no one loves you but that's no reason to...
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Re: Fat, fit and old as dirt


"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy.
It is our job to see that it stays there." - George Orwell
Re: Fat, fit and old as dirt


"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy.
It is our job to see that it stays there." - George Orwell