Overweight, underweight, and mortality. A prospective study of 48,287 men and women

The relative contributions of a low and high body mass index (BMI [weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]) to all-cause and cause-specific mortality are still controversial.To examine mortality rates in relation to BMI in a prospective cohort study of 48,287 Dutch men and women aged 30 to 54 years at baseline from 1974 to 1980.During an average 12-year follow-up, 1319 deaths occurred. Relative risks (RRs) were calculated from...