A recent Danish study challenges traditional views on body weight and mortality, suggesting that being underweight may pose a greater risk of early death than being moderately overweight. The research indicates that the lowest risk of death might not align with the conventional "healthy" BMI range.

• People with a BMI below 18.5 were nearly three times more likely to die prematurely than those with BMIs between 22.5 and 24.9.
• The study involved tracking over 85,000 adults and was presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
• Senior Lecturer in Physiology Rachel Woods from the University of Lincoln highlights that while the data is preliminary, it reinforces the concept of being "fat but fit" and underscores the limitations of BMI as a sole health measure.