Obese adults may be heart-healthy
Posted: August 13th 2008
By editor1
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Food and Fitness
Tags: 50% of obese adult, ambiguous, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, cholesterol levels, Heart Disease, heart-health
CHICAGO – According to new study about 50% of obese adult have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and astoundingly the percentage of slim people suffer from some of the ills related with obesity is also the same.
The first national estimate supports the argument that you can be bulky but still fit, or at least healthier than has been supposed.
The author Mary Fran Sowers, a University of Michigan obesity researcher said “the results also show that stereotypes about body size can be ambiguous and that even less voluptuous people can have risk factors commonly associated with obesity.”
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