A study in the European Heart Journal finds that even if a person has healthy blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels, being overweight or obese is still associated with a higher risk of coronary heart disease. The analysis of more than half a million Europeans compared each person's body mass index with whether they were metabolically "healthy" or "unhealthy," and classified people as the latter if they had three or more of a range of metabolic markers, such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low levels of "good" cholesterol, or a large waist circumference. The researchers found that, compared to healthy people of a normal weight, those classed as unhealthy had double the risk of coronary heart disease - regardless of whether they were a normal weight, overweight or obese. Additionally, people who were deemed "healthy" but were overweight were found to be 26% more likely to develop coronary heart disease, while those deemed obese were 28% more likely. The findings add to evidence that it's not possible to be "fat but fit."
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