Can People Be Fat and Fit at the Same Time?

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Can people be fat and fit at the same time? This old debate is kept alive by new research presented at the European Congress on Obesity. They tracked people who were obese at the start of the study (defined as people with a body mass index of 30 or more) who had no evidence of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes at this point. They found these people who were obese but “metabolically healthy” were at higher risk of developing heart disease, strokes and heart failure than people of normal weight. This led to some overstated headlines in the media: BBC News: ‘Fat but Fit Is a Big Fat Myth’ The Guardian: No Such Thing as ‘Fat but Fit’, Major Study Finds EurekAlert! Study of 3.5 Million People Shows ‘Healthy’ Obese People Are Still at Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events Than the General Population The Telegraph: ‘Fat but Fit’ Idea Is a Medical Myth, Researchers Find Not so fast The problem is that this study, like earlier...
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