healthy does not always mean thin

In case you missed it there was an intriguing article in the New York Times a while back, "Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit."

Basically there was a study done showing that a person's health has much less to do with their weight and much more to do with their fitness level.

According to the research,

"The data suggest that half of overweight people and one-third of obese people are “metabolically healthy.” That means that despite their excess pounds, many overweight and obese adults have healthy levels of “good” cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and other risks for heart disease.

At the same time, about one out of four slim people — those who fall into the “healthy” weight range — actually have at least two cardiovascular risk factors typically associated with obesity, the study showed.

Clearly it's not so simple as folks think about thin being equal to healthy.