Research
from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology indicates
otherwise.
There are individuals who are
obese yet workout and make some healthy food choices, these folks initially
have healthy blood lipids, blood sugars, and other vitals and lab work.
However, those who maintain their weight
(obesity) over a period of time (20 years) have increasing triglycerides,
cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose, and insulin resistance.
Lead author, Joshua A. Bell, a doctoral
candidate at University College London reports, “healthy obesity’ is quite a misleading term. It sounds safe, but we know that it’s only
healthy in a relative sense. The healthy obese become unhealthy and progress
into the highest risk group. This is a real challenge to the idea that the obese
can be healthy in the long term.”
Gina Volsko, RD, LD is the SCAN blog coordinator, interested in blogging for SCAN? Send her an e-mail at glesako@gmail.com. Read more of her antics at http://sport2fork.com.
