Fat can also be healthy!

Can a fat man to be both healthy? Despite the fact that obesity is a risk factor for many diseases, a large number of fat people with overweight completely healthy.

Spanish researchers from the University of Granada decided to find out, does the presence of overweight   and automatically the presence of some diseases or disorders. It was found that if overweight people do not forget about exercise and keep yourself in good shape, they do not show any health problems traditionally associated with obesity, such as diabetes, high cholesterol or hypertension.

In general, healthy   fat people   obesity is 38% less likely to die prematurely than their peers with less healthy overweight . People in the first category, in fact, in terms of health have much more in common with those whose weight was in the normal range. Published in the journal European Heart Journal study suggests that doctors should be in determining the health risks of obese people in the first place to ask them about whether they practice any physical activity.

"It is well known that obesity is responsible for the development of many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer - said study author Dr. Francisco Ortega. - However, there are a large number of obese people who are protected by these metabolic complications associated with obesity . Thanks to a fitness regime they train the heart and other organs, making them more durable and resistant to disease. "

In the sphere of attention of researchers were 43,265 Americans who were observed from 1979 to 2003.

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