Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit

By: FauziaSultana

New York : NY : USA | about 1 year ago

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Is a person's weight really a reliable indicator of his or her health? According to the New York Times, medical research is showing that it isn't. Being obese could be dangerous, but there is growing evidence that treating weight as a primary measure of health may not be sound.

Latest research suggests that half of overweight people and one-third of obese people are "metabolically healthy." That means that many fat adults have healthy levels of "good" cholesterol, BP, blood glucose and other risks for heart disease.

At the same time, about 25%of thin people - those who fall into the "healthy" weight range - actually have at least two cardiovascular risk factors typically associated with obesity, the study showed.

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