Researchers found that fit people in all BMI categories didn't have an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease or any other cause when compared with "normal weight-fit individuals." ...

or obese all shared the same two-fold risk in all-cause mortality versus normal weight-fit people. While there was no increase in the risk of CVD in any of the fit categories, regardless of weight ...

A comprehensive review found that being out of shape greatly increased the risk of dying prematurely — regardless of age or body mass index.

The inclusion criteria also specified that the included studies comprised a reference group of normal weight-fit individuals. Short-term vs. long-term benefits: The analysis revealed that the ...

had a similar risk of death as fit individuals with normal weight. On the other hand, unfit people, those with lower VO 2 max, had a two to three times higher risk of dying from any cause of heart ...

However, no matter your BMI, if you’re unfit, the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality increases by 2 to 3 times when compared with fit, normal weight people. “There is ...

In fact, being fit cut the risk of premature death by half for people with obesity, compared to those of normal weight who were unfit. "This tells us that it’s much more important, all things ...

Obese men and women, if they also were unfit, were about three times more likely to have died prematurely than fit people whose BMI was normal. But poor fitness had its own hazards. In fact ...