Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Scales Can Lie: Hidden Fat

“Can you be normal weight and fat at the same time? That's the implication of a provocative recent report from the Mayo Clinic, which suggests that fat in your body can get you and your heart into trouble even if you don't look fat and if the scale tells you you're healthy. The Mayo researchers, led by cardiologist Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, have coined a term for the phenomenon: normal weight obesity. In a study that looked at data from 6,171 Americans with normal body size, as measured by body...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704762904575025313433081780.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLESecondNews

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