Life kills. Death kills. 
Here's a good news story for when I'm sitting on the balcony eating my Sunday morning croissant.
For many, it's a lifelong battle - a never-ending nightmare of quick-fix diets, exercise fads and obsessing over the bathroom scales.
But what if the fight against fat was making you sick? What if the excess kilos you've been desperately trying to shed were actually protecting you against premature death? Could you get off the weight-loss treadmill and lengthen your life?
