Well this is just what I needed to read.   Carrying extra fat around your middle dramatically increases your risk of early death, even if your overall weight is normal, say researchers. A study of almost 360,000 people from nine European countries found waist size a “powerful indicator” of risk.  Each extra 2ins raised the chance of early death by between 13% and 17%. The New England Journal of Medicine study stressed General Practitioners should regularly measure patients’ waists as a cheap and easy way to assess health.

Here I am worrying about being a bit heavy anyway and now they come up with this.  Perfect.  Well that lap band surgery is sounding better and better to me about now.  I want to stick around for as long as possible and my ‘tummy’ isn’t helping me to do that.  I think I’ll give the doctor a call tomorrow.