A narrow view of optimal weight for health generates the obesity paradox

Obesity paradox in cancer: new insights provided by body composition

(2014) Maria Cristina Gonzalez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

The Obesity Paradox in Diabetes

(2014) Mercedes R. Carnethon et al.   Current Cardiology Reports

Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories

(2013) Katherine M. Flegal et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Cardiovascular Effects of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes

(2013)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Long-term Prevention of Mortality in Morbid Obesity Through Bariatric Surgery. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Trials Performed With Gastric Banding and Gastric Bypass

(2011) Antonio E. Pontiroli et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Inverse relation of body weight and weight change with mortality and morbidity in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular co-morbidity: An analysis of the PROactive study population

(2011) Wolfram Doehner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Reverse Causation and Illness-related Weight Loss in Observational Studies of Body Weight and Mortality

(2010) K. M. Flegal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

(2010) Amy Berrington de Gonzalez et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Effect of Sibutramine on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Overweight and Obese Subjects

(2010) W. Philip T. James et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Obesity Paradox in the Elderly: Potential Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

(2009) Antigone Oreopoulos et al.   CLINICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

The effect of obesity on health outcomes

(2009) John B. Dixon   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY