TheBuzr
Q: I am active and exercise regularly, but I am still overweight. My BMI is 32. I have read that being “fit but fat” is fine in terms of future heart risk. Why should I lose weight if I remain fit? A: “Fit but fat” is sometimes referred to as metabolically healthy obesity (MHO), meaning overweight but lacking other cardiovascular (CV) risk factors . At any given point in time, the future cardiovascular risk in people with MHO appears similar to that of people of metabolically healthy normal weight. However, this may not be the case when observed over […]
