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| This Weeks Question Issue 210 |
This Weeks Question:
There is little doubt among mainstream experts that obesity is a
potentially deadly condition, blamed for about 300,000 deaths annually
in the United States alone. For a middle-aged person, it is considered
to be about as bad for health as smoking is.
Many experts believe that the real hazard of being overweight is
the torrent of hormones and other chemicals pumped out by fat storage
cells, which become hyperactive when filled to capacity with fat.
The damaging effects of obesity are obvious on a physical exam.
Not every nondiabetic, overweight person has all these abnormalities
-- which can raise the risk of heart attacks, diabetes and strokes
-- but many do.
Which of the following is not one of the most common
abnormalities:
1. HDL cholesterol,
the good variety, -- below 40 in men and 50 in women -- even though
the bad LDL is normal.
2. Blood pressure
is 130 over 85 or greater.
3. Fasting blood
sugar is between 110 and 126.
4. Triglycerides
over 150.
5. C-reactive protein,
a sign of bloodstream inflammation, over 2.
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