Obesity more dangerous than lack of fitness, new study claims

Monday, December 21, 2015 - 11:32 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology [1], has dismissed the concept of ‘fat but fit’. In contrast, the results from the new study suggest that the protective effects of high fitness against early death are reduced in obese people. Although the detrimental effects of low aerobic fitness have been well […]

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