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Craig Loizides · 10-01-2008, 07:46 AM

I found these 3 studies relating BMI, body fat, and fat free mass to mortality.

http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v1...y2004131a.html
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v2.../0801082a.html
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v2.../0801925a.html

They show that BMI vs mortality is a U-shaped curve. Mortality increases with increasing body fat and decreases increasing fat-free mass.

Two of the studies showed mortality decreases continuously with increasing fat free mass. One showed a reverse J-curve where mortality decreased to a point and then started to increase or level off. There's probably a point where you have too much fat-free mass but it's not something most people have to ever worry about.

10-01-2008, 07:46 AM	#128
Craig Loizides Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hillsborough, NJ Posts: 120	I found these 3 studies relating BMI, body fat, and fat free mass to mortality. http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v1...y2004131a.html http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v2.../0801082a.html http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v2.../0801925a.html They show that BMI vs mortality is a U-shaped curve. Mortality increases with increasing body fat and decreases increasing fat-free mass. Two of the studies showed mortality decreases continuously with increasing fat free mass. One showed a reverse J-curve where mortality decreased to a point and then started to increase or level off. There's probably a point where you have too much fat-free mass but it's not something most people have to ever worry about.