You can’t be fat AND fit, new study says

Research from across the pond in Chicago has found that overweight women who have high levels of fitness cannot completely eradicate risks to their hearts.

Regular exercise is necessary to lose weight and to improve the health of your heart, but experts say that being fit and fat at the same time just doesn’t work.

“It doesn’t take away the risk entirely. Weight still matters,” said Dr. Martha Gulati, a heart specialist at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the US.

According to www.msnbc.msn.com, over 39,000 women who undertook 30 minutes of exercise most days were observed over an 11 year period. When compared with women of a ‘normal’ weight, overweight women (those with a BMI of 25-29) were found to be 54% more likely to develop heart disease, and this figure rose to a staggering 87% in obese women - those with a BMI of 30 or more.

These results are in stark contrast to earlier theories, which followed that any exercise was better than none,
regardless of the weight of the woman in question. Obviously, any programme of exercise designed to lower the risk of heart disease is advised to be taken alongside a healthy eating plan for maximum results.

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Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

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