Every so often, medical science announces something astounding.  Here is the latest.  It apparently does not matter if you're fat, skinny or normal,  we all die at the same rate .  While this is a simplification of that article, this general thought is now probably closer to reality than the previous one, which says that being normal was by far the best weight.  Most of my life I've noticed that extremely thin people tended to die early, while those who are far overweight, are more troubled by diabetes, heart problems and a range of other ailments,  so therefore must have a lower longevity.  Was I imagining things?  Not really, for everything I also read said about the same thing. Health publications in the past indicated that  your Body Mass Index ( BMI ) determined your life expectancy .   People live to be 100 and older by preventing chronic diseases. Those overweight have more of these ailments. The best way to avoid getting sick is to have a normal BMI. In a nutshell,   li