clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Heart study suggests an upside to obesity Heavy men with heart disease tend to live longer than slimmer patients NEW YORK - Among men with symptoms of heart disease, those who are obese tend to live longer than their normal-weight counterparts, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 6,900 male veterans assessed for symptoms of heart disease, those who were obese were less likely to die over the next seven-and-a-half years compared with normal-weight men.