I think you have to look at why these people did die...it is just not that they were on a diet.
When your obese or morbidly obese you walk a fine line every day....
As your chances of getting a stroke, heart attack are very high and also are vunerable to diabetes, cancer and other crippling diseases along with damage ot hip and knee joints.
Once your BMI goes over 25 the risk of developing heart disease begins to increase there after.
Of course it is sad for anyone to die who is trying to do something about their weight.
If you are at all worried I would advice you read this report which might help put your mind at ease.
DR JOHN MARKS
HOMEPAGE
Carrying reports submitted on behalf of the VLCD European Industry Group
to the
SCOOP Working Group
On
Very-Low-Calorie Diets
1998 to 2001
consolidated 2001
Hre is the link
http://www.geocities.com/jmarkscam/
http://www.geocities.com/jmarkscam/executive.html
Marks and Schrijver
The last link is the full report and the one above is the summary.
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