Study: Overweight people live longer
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20090...le-live-longer
"Compared to people who fell into the normal-weight category:
Those classified as underweight were 73% more likely to die.
Those classified as extremely obese with BMI of 35 or greater were 36% more likely to die.
Those classified as obese with BMI 30-34.9 had about the same risk of death.
Those classified as overweight with BMI 25-29.9 were 17% less likely to die."
And a Cracked article (admittedly not the greatest resource, but they do cite their sources)
Fat is Officially Incurable (According to Science)
http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/f...ng-to-science/