Is a person`s weight really a reliable indicator of overall health?
Medical reports indicates that it isn`t after series of research. Despite report of obesity concerns, there is growing evidence that our
obsession about weight as a primary measure of health may be mislead.
Half of overweight "obese" people are "Metabolically Healthy". That means that despite their size many overweight and obese adults have healthy levels of "good" cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and other risks for heart diseases.
At the same time, about one out of four slim people, those who fall into the category of "Healthy" weight range actually have at least two cardiovascular risk factors which is typically associated with obesity.
Being overweight or obese is linked with so many health demerits which now produce the familiarity of obesity people likely to have two or more cardiovascular risk factors compare to that of slim people. But according to researchers, the surprising awe is that obese people are metabolically healthy.
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute shows that overweight people appear to have longer life expectancy than normal size adults. But many people still challenge and believe that obese people do not live healthy.
A person is said to be of normal weight based on the Body Mass Index (BMI) which measures weight relative to height.
A normal BMI ranges from 18.5 to 25. Once BMI reaches 25, a person is viewed as overweight. 30 or higher is considered to be obese.
People who are fat and can still keep fit through a daily routine like exercises,have much lower heart risk than people who are slim and unfit.
The Journal of the American Medical Association view at the death rate among 2600 adults 60 and older over 12 years. Death rate among the overweight, those with a BMI of 25 to 30, were slightly lower than in normal weight adults. Death rates were highest among those with a BMI of 35 or more.
The most finding levels was that fitness level was the strongest predictor of mortality risk. Those with the lowest level of fitness were four times as likely to die than those with the highest level of fitness. Even those who had just a minimal level of fitness had half the risk of dying compared to those who were least fit.
Medical reports indicates that it isn`t after series of research. Despite report of obesity concerns, there is growing evidence that our
obsession about weight as a primary measure of health may be mislead.
Half of overweight "obese" people are "Metabolically Healthy". That means that despite their size many overweight and obese adults have healthy levels of "good" cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and other risks for heart diseases.
At the same time, about one out of four slim people, those who fall into the category of "Healthy" weight range actually have at least two cardiovascular risk factors which is typically associated with obesity.
Being overweight or obese is linked with so many health demerits which now produce the familiarity of obesity people likely to have two or more cardiovascular risk factors compare to that of slim people. But according to researchers, the surprising awe is that obese people are metabolically healthy.
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute shows that overweight people appear to have longer life expectancy than normal size adults. But many people still challenge and believe that obese people do not live healthy.
A person is said to be of normal weight based on the Body Mass Index (BMI) which measures weight relative to height.
A normal BMI ranges from 18.5 to 25. Once BMI reaches 25, a person is viewed as overweight. 30 or higher is considered to be obese.
People who are fat and can still keep fit through a daily routine like exercises,have much lower heart risk than people who are slim and unfit.
The Journal of the American Medical Association view at the death rate among 2600 adults 60 and older over 12 years. Death rate among the overweight, those with a BMI of 25 to 30, were slightly lower than in normal weight adults. Death rates were highest among those with a BMI of 35 or more.
The most finding levels was that fitness level was the strongest predictor of mortality risk. Those with the lowest level of fitness were four times as likely to die than those with the highest level of fitness. Even those who had just a minimal level of fitness had half the risk of dying compared to those who were least fit.
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