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A new study out, published last week in the journal of Obesity, finds that being overweight won’t kill you and may be the key to a longer life. The study found that overall, people who were overweight but not obese — defined as a body mass index of 25 to 29.9 — were actually less likely to die than people of normal weight, defined as a B.M.I. of 18.5 to 24.9. By contrast, people who were under...