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Can We be Obese and Healthy at The Same Time?
Obesity in itself is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and many other health problems. For that reason and beyond aesthetic considerations, an overweight person is not the stereotype we associate with a healthy life. Otherwise, when we think of healthy life we imagine an athletic man running with a water bottle in his hand.
However, it can be a healthy fat person at a time. A study in Holland showed that nearly 7% of those surveyed were obese but had never had heart problems or signs of diabetes, being even “metabolically healthy.” Obviously, this is no guarantee that the future may present, though in some ways shows us that obesity is not always synonymous with poor health and can be controlled.