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No one can claim to be unaware of the risks of obesity in this day and age. Almost every day there are discussions in the media about the risks of carrying excess fat. But research shows the link between obesity and ill-health is not as simple as it?s often made out to be.
Obesity is all over the media ? newspaper and magazine articles talk about high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and more unusual illnesses linked to obesity, such as sleep apnoea; there are suggested diets and exercise plans to help reduce fat at every turn and; popular, humiliating television shows enforce strict weight-loss regimens on the morbidly obese while providing entertainment.
But while research shows obese people often have metabolic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, this is not the whole picture. What?s rarely, if ever, mentioned in the popular press (although it?s receiving growing interest in scientific circles) is the phenomenon of the metabolically healthy obese.
http://theconversation.edu.au/appearance-vs-reality-the-perfectly-healthy-obese-1904
Obesity is all over the media ? newspaper and magazine articles talk about high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and more unusual illnesses linked to obesity, such as sleep apnoea; there are suggested diets and exercise plans to help reduce fat at every turn and; popular, humiliating television shows enforce strict weight-loss regimens on the morbidly obese while providing entertainment.
But while research shows obese people often have metabolic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, this is not the whole picture. What?s rarely, if ever, mentioned in the popular press (although it?s receiving growing interest in scientific circles) is the phenomenon of the metabolically healthy obese.
http://theconversation.edu.au/appearance-vs-reality-the-perfectly-healthy-obese-1904