Friday, July 19, 2013

Overweight - not a sign of poor health

People often mistakenly diagnosed with obesity. Slim people often suffer from diseases that are caused by obesity, U.S. researchers reported. According to medical statistics, about half of people who suffer from obesity, cholesterol and blood pressure are normal. Scientists claim that they are overweight and stay healthy. It turns out that one third of U.S. citizens are obese, are the most important indicators in the area of healthy people. While a quarter of the people, the body weight of less than normal, the risk of certain heart diseases. According to experts, is a common way to determine body mass index absolutely wrong because it only takes into account the ratio of height, weight taken to individual. The exact figures are obtained by measuring the patient's waist, scientists say.

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