Why is this world obsessed with obesity?
I mean i realize it’s not good to a degree. But they sit there and everyone has to follow this exact chart. I friend of mine does those weight lifting competions in his spare time if he’s not working. He’s one of the healthiest people I know hell he can run for about 10 miles before slowing down. Hell he’s even won some marathons but according to his docter he’s obese and needs to loose weight. Then they sit there and say there is a directly link with high cholesteral and diabetes to obesity. But yet of all the diabetics I’ve met none of them have been obese. Hell my nephew is skinney as a twig and has diabetes. I’m obese and according to my doctor I show no signs of diabetes that all my levels or what ever are just where they should be. I have high cholesteral,every one in my family does here not over weight. why does every one have to follow the same standards as every one else some people are built differently every ones health is different but why do we treat it ll the same?
Being overweight (BMI over 25) is a risk for a number of things, including diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, and high cholesterol (which in turn is a risk for heart attacks and strokes). Those risks have been determined by a large amount of research. This is why people are being urged to keep their weight and therefore their BMI within a certain "safe range".
Whether you develop diabetes from being overweight depends on other, mostly genetic, factors. Whether you develop high cholesterol from being overweight depends on other, mostly genetic, factors. These other factors are difficult to control. Weight and cholesterol levels are more easily controlled.
If your friend wants to keep his extra fat and the risks that go with it, that’s his choice. If you want to keep your high cholesterol and the risks associated with it, that’s your choice. It’s only your life you’re gambling with, isn’t it?