CBS News: Skinny Patients More Likely to Die After Surgery — Why?

CBS News reported on an Archives of Surgery study linking lower body mass index to higher 30-day mortality after surgery.

Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz, then chief of bariatric surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, said the findings made sense: many of these patients are malnourished from cancer or other illness and more closely resemble frail elderly patients than healthy thin people.