Fat people ‘live longer after heart attack’

Good news for the seriously fat: if you survive your heart attack your prospects are excellent.
A study has thrown doubt on the idea that being fat is a delayed form of suicide. Obesity may increase the risks of a heart attack but it also increases the chances of long-term survival afterwards.
The reasons are not known, but obese and very obese patients who have been treated for a heart attack are less than half as likely to die in the next three years as people with a normal body mass index (BMI).