Healthy Obesity?
By Dr Ira Bernstein
https://nutritionalsforlife.blogspot.com/2013/12/healthy-obesity.html
By Dr Ira Bernstein
After over 21 years of clinical practice, I
have yet to encounter an obese patient who does not suffer from chronic medical
problems (unless they are
extremely young). However, even type 2 diabetes is now seen in youth due to
obesity. A generation ago this was never seen. I do not have a single obese
elderly patient who is aging gracefully, free of degenerative diseases. Of my
patients who are over the age of 90, almost none are obese, because the obese
patients have succumbed to their secondary diseases. This is the sad reality.
It is not fear mongering. Don't count on any magic pill being able to fix this.
The answer is in the mindset of the individual taking concrete action and not
chasing the latest fad diet which invariably results in failure.
Last winter at one of my presentations, I
discussed the obesity epidemic and the serious health risks associated with
obesity. It is certainly not surprising at all that the latest study of obesity
published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine by Canadian researchers
(co-author Dr. Bernard Zinman, who I know locally) conclude that there is no
such thing as health obesity. Data on 60000 individuals were reviewed and after
10 or more years of follow-up, obese people had a 24 percent additional risk
for a cardiovascular event or premature death compared to those with normal
weight. To say that obesity is a ticking time bomb is an understatement.
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