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Obese But Healthy?
A surprisingly large proportion of overweight and obese people appear to have no increase in heart disease risk. At the same time, a surprisingly large percentage of normal-weight people have a cluster of heart risks. Thats according to a report in the August, 2008, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
In the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y., and colleagues assessed body weight and metabolic abnormalities (including high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides and low HDL or "good" cholesterol) in 5,440 people. Participants were considered metabolically healthy if they had none or one abnormality and metabolically abnormal if they had two or more abnormalities. The result:
About 23 percent of normal-weight adults were metabolically abnormal.
About 51 percent of overweight adults were metabolically normal.
About 31 percent obese adults were metabolically normal.
Normal-weight people with metabolic abnormalities tended to be older, less physically active and have larger waists than healthy normal-weight individuals. Obese people with no metabolic abnormalities were more likely to be younger, black, more physically active and have smaller waists than those with metabolic risk factors.
The bottom line recapitulates what other data show: its far better to be active and overweight, even obese, than sedentary and normal weight. The goal of optimum health is not to be thin, but to be as healthy as you can, regardless of weight. Its very clear to me that some people are genetically programmed to carry extra pounds, and as long as they maintain their cardiovascular health through exercise, they should indeed be considered healthy.
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/WBL02105/Obese-But-Healthy.html
Obese But Healthy?
A surprisingly large proportion of overweight and obese people appear to have no increase in heart disease risk. At the same time, a surprisingly large percentage of normal-weight people have a cluster of heart risks. Thats according to a report in the August, 2008, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
In the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y., and colleagues assessed body weight and metabolic abnormalities (including high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides and low HDL or "good" cholesterol) in 5,440 people. Participants were considered metabolically healthy if they had none or one abnormality and metabolically abnormal if they had two or more abnormalities. The result:
About 23 percent of normal-weight adults were metabolically abnormal.
About 51 percent of overweight adults were metabolically normal.
About 31 percent obese adults were metabolically normal.
Normal-weight people with metabolic abnormalities tended to be older, less physically active and have larger waists than healthy normal-weight individuals. Obese people with no metabolic abnormalities were more likely to be younger, black, more physically active and have smaller waists than those with metabolic risk factors.
The bottom line recapitulates what other data show: its far better to be active and overweight, even obese, than sedentary and normal weight. The goal of optimum health is not to be thin, but to be as healthy as you can, regardless of weight. Its very clear to me that some people are genetically programmed to carry extra pounds, and as long as they maintain their cardiovascular health through exercise, they should indeed be considered healthy.
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/WBL02105/Obese-But-Healthy.html
