Slim People at Risk for Fat Related Health Problems?

Do you assume that because someone is thin that they are also fit? Well, retain your hat, researchers say that many thin people have the same heart problems risk and type 2 diabetes risk as obese people. In fact, they say that some thin people are at higher risk than sumo wrestlers! The reason? Intra-abdominal fat.

According to Doctor. Jimmy Bell, a mentor of molecular imaging at Imperial College London, “being thin deosn’t aurtomatically mean you are not fat”. It’s what’s inside that makes a difference to your health. Internal fat surrounding vital areas such as the heart and lean meats is as dangerous as the fat that you see. Since 1994, Doctor. Bell and his collegues have been mapping the fat stores of men and women to show where people store fat. They have scanned and recorded more than 900 people.

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Michael Moore’s SICKO Misses the Solution – Health Savings Accounts

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