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“Much of the research linking excess weight and an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, among other chronic diseases (the list goes on and on), has been done on people who are obese, with a BMI of 30 or more. When the merely overweight folks are separated out, the health risks drop and sometimes even disappear. ‘Being overweight may not be associated with any risk of heart disease,’ says Robert Eckel, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and past president of the American Heart Association. ” [Link]
A perfect example is a football player. Some of these guys are 250 300lbs and fit. As long as your active you should be fine. obese and sedative lifestyle kills.