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Justification for remaining overweight?

Posted on August 18, 2008

A researcher at the University of Michigan found that half of overweight people and a third of obese people were within normal ranges for several common risk factors for heart disease. They measured blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and blood sugar and if only one (or none) of these were in abnormal ranges, they were considered healthy. (Read the AP story.)But the news might not be quite as good for the overweight as the headlines would lead you to believe. For one thing, they did not check for the presence of heart disease, only for risk factors. The two do not always travel toge...

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