Scientists have refuted a big and fat misconception
"Healthy fullness" is a myth
Helen Briggs, BBCThe idea that being overweight can be good for health is a misconception and a myth, Canadian scientists have found.
Obesity is dangerous even in cases where cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar are within the normal range.
Previously, it was suggested that being overweight is not necessarily dangerous if in all other respects such a person is healthy.
However, the study, the results of which are published by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine (Kramer et al., Are metabolically healthy overweight and obesity benign conditions? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of body mass index and metabolic status phenotypes on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events – VM) refutes these ideas.
This study analyzes more than a thousand previously published articles on this topic.
Scientists from Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto found that overweight invariably led to the occurrence of certain cardiovascular diseases when observed for more than 10 years.
The authors of the article believe that those people who do not have metabolic disorders, but at the same time suffer from obesity, have other risk factors that increase over time.
"This makes the existence of such a phenomenon as "healthy fullness" questionable," says the head of the group of scientists, Dr. Ravi Retnakaran.
"Our data indicate that patients with metabolic disorders, as well as patients without metabolic disorders, but overweight, are in the same risk group, they have an increased likelihood of dying from cardiovascular diseases," the scientist points out.
Risk of heart attackThe British Heart Foundation points out that obesity is a recognized risk factor and that there is no such thing as "healthy fullness".
Cardiologist Doireann Maddock notes that even if blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar levels are within normal limits, an overweight person is still at risk.
According to her, it is useful to consider the whole complex of factors describing the patient's lifestyle, rather than individual risk factors.
"If you watch your weight, don't smoke, keep physically active and keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels at a normal level, the combination of these factors significantly reduces the risk of heart disease.
"If you are worried about your weight and you want to find out how you can better change your lifestyle, contact your doctor for advice," she says.
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