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METABOLISM & FITNESS

Can Overweight and Health Coexist? Science Explains.

An overweight person can achieve metabolic and cardiovascular health too.

The purpose of this article is to discuss:

1. How do health professionals determine a “healthy” weight?
2. How do health professionals define overweight but healthy?
3. What does it take to be overweight but healthy?

As usual, I end this article with a few key take-home messages.

If overweight is unhealthy, how can a person be overweight and also healthy? It is a strange paradox.

Who determines what a “healthy” weight is?

A “healthy” weight is determined using a field of science called the epidemiology. Epidemiology studies the pattern of health in a population and correlates their determinants of health (body weight, height, physical activity level…