Obesity Facts and Information

US has much higher obesity rate than Canada

American adults have a significantly higher rate of obesity than their neighbors to the north, a new study says. About 24 percent of Canadians are obese compared to more than 34 percent of Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Wednesday. Researchers looked at height and weight data taken [...]

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Obesity Doesn’t Always Guarantee Heart Disease

For a small number of obese people, those extra pounds do not condemn them to heart disease or diabetes, Dutch researchers report. For those few without other risk factors such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol, being obese doesn’t raise their risk of cardiovascular trouble. “Metabolically healthy obese persons do not have the elevated [...]

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Obese People Seem to Do Better With Heart Disease

MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) — The excess fat that leads people to develop heart disease can help them fight against the condition’s worst effects, a review of cardiac studies shows. It’s the “obesity paradox,” said Dr. Carl J. Lavie, medical director of cardiac rehabilitation and prevention at the Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, [...]

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