The notion that it's possible to be obese and healthy finally may have been debunked.While some obese people show no signs of heart disease, a new study suggests it's just a matter of time before the consequences of carrying substantial, excess pounds ultimately take a toll.
British researchers followed more than 2,500 men and women for 20 years, tracking their body mass indices (BMI), cholesterol counts, blood pressures, fasting glucose amounts and insulin resistance levels. Among many of the study subjects who were obese, heart disease risk factors eventually appeared, according to the study, published Monday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
"Based on this the state of healthy obesity should be regarded as a high risk state," said lead author Joshua Bell, a researcher in the department of epidemiology and public health at University College London in England. "Over the long term there is a tendency to progress to unhealthy obesity rather than staying stable or becoming healthy non-obese."
The findings would appear to refute long-standing arguments that people can be obese and remain completely healthy.
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TOPFIT Daily Activities --- Jacksonville Forest Park Hike
Today's hike started out cold and foggy, but it ended up being warm and sunny. Although I spent most of my 2 hrs on the trail hiking, I threw in half a dozen hilll sprints just for fun.
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