<p>A 19-year old diagnosed with diabetes gives herself an injection of insulin at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, Calif. on April 29, 2012.</p>
January 18, 2014
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January 18, 2014 8 p.m.
Weighing more doesn't boostsurvival for diabetics
Study refutes 'obesity paradox' idea
The "obesity paradox" - the controversial notion that being overweight might actually be healthier for some people with diabetes - seems to be a myth, researchers report. A major study finds there's no survival advantage to being large, and a disadvantage to being very large.