Obesity, as science constantly reminds us, is linked to a higher risk of stroke, cancer, hypertension, heart disease and type-2 diabetes. When some of the UK’s top medical statisticians set to work on the country’s largest genetic database, though, they discovered an unexpected upside. Being broader of girth appears to make people more at peace with themselves. Yet independent experts said it was wholly plausible, if a bit hard to explain. One suggested that people with a tendency to fret could have faster metabolisms, while Dasha Nicholls, head…

Source: The Times December 23, 2017 00:33 UTC