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Measure Abdominal Fat, Not Just Weight

Posted on August 25, 2008

Researchers at the University of Michigan report that not all people who are fat are at high risk for heart attacks (Archives of Internal Medicine, August, 2008). They showed that 51 percent of overweight adults (36 million Americans) have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, while 25 percent of normal- weight Americans (16 million) have high levels of at least two of these tests. The media picked up this study with headlines such as Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit (New York Times, August 19, 2008).However, the entire study is flawed. The authors measured overwe...

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