Can You Be Fit & Fat?

I think that we all know that you can’t be fat & fit but we don’t want to admit it.
clipped from news.yahoo.com


AP

Exercise-heart study casts doubt on ‘fit but fat’ theory


CHICAGO - New research challenges the notion that you can be fat and fit, finding that being active can lower but not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women. “It doesn’t take away the risk entirely. Weight still matters,” said Dr. Martha Gulati, a heart specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Previous research has gone back and forth on whether exercise or weight has a greater influence on heart disease risks.

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