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Vanellope: Yes.

Really? Finished wen and dept?

Vanellope: I know about the bats at OAU campus. If they didn't transfer Ebola all these years, I don't see them doing so now.

Are you an oau alumna?

One more reason you shouldn't put a dp on nairaland. Only God knows if this guy is getting off on MrsBreezys dp

chukwudi44: you do not investgate without any proof.Mr Davies or his boko haram friends should provide onus of proof to substantiate their allegations

Oh but the SSS did not need any proof before they invited el-rufai for questioning just because he said something Jonathan didnt like. Now that a more serious allegation has been made, suddenly we need proof.

OP your husband is long gone. No sex, insults, openly flaunts his ex, regrets marrying you. There is no way he can have an about turn. Forget him and face your business. Plus you're hypertensive! For the sake of your health and so your kids don't end up motherless, move on with your life and forget your husband.

RichDad1: Get well soon bro

Buhahahaha!

That woman is fine!

OP your wife make sense gan

Leopantro: the only centre in Nigeria that can do or confirm Ebola virus is a class 4 laboratory which is only in Lagos.

For where? Almost all teaching hospitals in Nigeria can conduct ebola tests. Maybe you mean ebola research, not testing.

marieolae: Meehhhn I'm crying of laughter. Lol haba guy u really couldn't pay 700 naira. Nah u guys say we like money too much but DAMNNNNN you guys are stingy. If this story is true, you really just cause wahala and comotion because of chicken change. Nawa oh

Shocking post

sugaarbear: see God forbides..if na you be that nurse you no go run??...do you know what it means to be isolated?

So you'd rather run and give ebola to your family members than be isolated with the best treatment?

Sincere9gerian: The report says "SUSPECTED" case of ebola. Lets wait till its confirmed. But the authorities have done well by isolating the suspect.

Abi. Unnecessary panic

Step off the scales: New study says overweight people live longer
Published time: January 02, 2013 19:39
A new year has begun, and resolution-makers around the world are vowing to lose weight and get healthy. But a surprising new study says that being overweight leads to a longer life – providing encouraging news for food lovers everywhere.

The report, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), is the largest and most comprehensive review of how weight can influence a person’s lifespan.

The study consisted of a review of more than 100 past studies covering 2.88 million people and 270,000 deaths worldwide. The previous studies broke down death risk, as related to BMI categories set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

According to the parameters, normal weight is considered to be between 18.5 and 24.9 body mass index (BMI), while overweight is defined by having a BMI between 25 and 29.9. Anyone with a BMI over 30 is considered obese.

Body Mass Index (BMI) explained:

BMI categories are based on the relationship between body weight and height, and can be calculated by using the following formula: [weight (in pounds) / height (in inches) x height (in inches)] x 703.

Individuals with a BMI less than 18.5 are considered underweight. A BMI in the range of 18.5 to 25 indicates a healthy weight, while a BMI of 25 to 30 identifies overweight individuals. Those with a BMI over 30 are considered obese.

For example, a person who is 5 feet 4 inches tall would have a healthy BMI if they weighed between 108 and 145 pounds. They would be overweight if they weighed 146 to 174 pounds, and obese if they weighed more than that.

Source: World Health Organization, CNN.com

The study examined how long people lived, how healthy they were when they died, or how they rated their quality of life.

Results showed that overweight people were six per cent less likely to die during the average study period. Mildly obese people had a five per cent lower rate of premature death.

The research showed that men and women hold an equal advantage when it comes to being overweight, and that the conclusion was not affected by age, smoking status, or region.  

It’s not the first time that researchers have suggested that being overweight may have its benefits. A similar conclusion was found in 2005, but was met with skeptical responses.

"We published an article in 2005 that showed, among other things, that [being] overweight was associated with lower mortality – and we got an awful lot of negative feedback from that," Katherine Flegal, a senior research scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the study’s lead author, told Time.

The previous article was dismissed as “rubbish” by many academics, but Flegal maintained her position, choosing to conduct further research and bring attention to the findings.

"It is not an unusual finding. But authors tend to shy away from it. They tend to underplay it or try to explain it away," she told The Independent.

But according to Flegal, the findings are not a license to run to the donut shop.

"We were only looking at mortality – not health. We are absolutely not recommending people overeat. We intended our research to give a little perspective – to counter the view that if you weigh a bit less you will live forever or if you weigh more you are doomed. The relationship between fat and mortality is more complicated than we tend to think,” she said.

Although the results are surprising to those who strive to maintain a healthy BMI, the study did confirm previous findings which showed that obese people die earlier than those of a normal weight.

Why would overweight people have a longevity advantage?

Flegal and her colleagues suggest that overweight people may receive better medical care, because they either show symptoms of disease earlier or are screened more regularly for weight-related chronic diseases.

It may also be that the health risks of being overweight are declining as medicine advances. For instance, heart disease deaths have fallen as blood pressure and cholesterol treatments have improved.

Some evidence suggests that overweight persons may have a better chance of survival during medical emergencies.

Other possible explanations are that fat may protect the heart, and may help individuals to withstand periods of illness.  

The findings are more complicated than they appear, however, because the type of fat a person carries around is just as important as the amount of fat. For example, extra fat around the hips is considered to be healthy, while belly fat is thought to be more dangerous.


This ought to shut the haters up

Lol. In this same Nigeria i live in? O ga o

Buhahaha! Complementing the party in power? OP must be living in KUMBAYAland or has never travelled outside Nigeria before. Very untrue!

redsquare: Nigerians are indeed funny. We have seen Igbo village in Virginia, now it's Yoruba village in London, yet our cities from Aba to Ibadan are all in ruins. Why not think of how to better our land and make it habitable. The Americans and British don't give a fuccck about us. Yoruba village ko, Igbo community ni.

Same thing Emenike was thinking before they stole his land and N30 million in Enugu

HBD

gbenga4sure: 2.)BUCKINGHAM PALACE,(where the queen of england lives)

Not windsor castle

Djicemob: I hate the fact that there are lots of cvnt suckers on NL.

*U see guys getting a b0ner jus cos a girl mention him,wether she insults him or not.
*U see guys asking for a girl's pin on NL not minding if she's on BBM or not.
*Some clowns even open threads exalting a NL female moniker.
*Sending PMs to girls they don't know.
*Checking out and commending DPs of every chick dat comments on a thread.Like is she gonna like u jus cos u commended her DP?

Only 3 and 6 are stupid, the rest are natural

God forbid i put my finger on umbrella next year

Ishilove: I wasn't aware we disagreed on anything...

Oh...

Ishilove: How silly. I don't like this kind of proposal. Even if she doesn't want to accept the proposal, the pressure of not wanting to embarass the guy will force the chick to accept, even if it is temporary acceptance. This is the result of watching too many sappy hollywood and bollywood movies.

Finally we agree on something

MissMeiya: Have you ever been in love before? Real, wild, reckless, mind-blowing love.

My boyfriend and I were absurd during the first year of our relationship. Like, actually composing poetry via sms. He couldn't stop talking about me to other people and I, him. His neighbors knew about me for months before they ever laid eyes on me. We talked on the phone EVERY DAY, for HOURS. If a day went by when one didn't hear from the other, it was cause for concern.

When you feel that way, you want the world to know, because it's so amazing. You almost feel drunk. And you want everyone to know that that person that you love so much, they love you back.

Lol. Not for me sha. Drunk in love is a Beyonce song, don't believe people really fall in love like that

I dont get the motive of people that do this public proposal thing. Is it to impress people around or to impress the girl, or to scare the girl into saying yes? Its just a weird way of doing something personal that should be between two people. Very distasteful

Michelle is so fugly.