Filed under: Health, Fitness, Healthy Eating
While many of us worry unnecessarily about extra inches or a few extra pounds, we also know the real signs of being overweight or obese. Or do we? It turns out that numbers on a scale can lie when it comes to carrying too much fat, and that you can be of normal weight and fat at the same time. A recent report from the Mayo Clinic, reported by Ron Winslow in the Wall Street Journal (The Scales Can Lie), calls this phenomenon “normal weight obesity” – and it brings into question one of our most commonly assumed signs of health.
Keep reading for all of the details – and to figure out if you’re fat or fit.
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