Fatten Up! Study Links Survival, Chunkiness
If you're too skinny, you have a better chance of dying after surgery than obese patients, according to new research.
A U.S. National Surgical Quality Improvement Program study found that individuals with more meat on their bones had an easier time surviving 30 days after an operation.
People of normal body weight still have the best overall chance of post-surgery survival -- better than overweight and underweight patients -- according to Xinhua, the official, trustworthy news agency of the People's Republic of China.
Big people, however, have a greater risk of dying during some surgeries compared with their rakish counterparts.
"These include procedures with which the general surgeon should have definite experience: colorectal resection, colostomy formation, cholecystectomy, hernia repair, mastectomy, and wound debridement," George J. Stukenborg, a professor at the University of Virginia, told reporters.
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