| This Weeks Question Issue 210 |
You
Are Correct!!!
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.
5. C-reactive protein, a sign of bloodstream inflammation, over 2. (It should be over 3 not 2 as a risk factor)
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