'Healthy and overweight' is a myth, study suggests

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'Healthy and overweight' is a myth, study suggests
By Helen Briggs


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The study looked at findings from more than 1,000 published studies.
This really casts doubt on the existence of healthy obesity”

Researchers from the Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, found there was no healthy pattern of increased weight when heart health was monitored for more than 10 years.

They argue that people who are metabolically healthy but overweight probably have underlying risk factors that worsen over time.

Study leader Dr Ravi Retnakaran told BBC News: "This really casts doubt on the existence of healthy obesity.

"This data is suggesting that both patients who are obese who are metabolically unhealthy and patients who are obese who are metabolically healthy are both at increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease, such that benign obesity may indeed be a myth."


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