Don’t settle for “Skinny-Fat”!
No way the Dr. would tell Steve Rogers he was “fit”.
I know common wisdom would have you believe that overweight = unhealthy and thin = healthy. If only it were that simple!
Now, does a skinny person have all the health risks associated with obesity?
Of course not, but that doesn’t automatically mean they are in the clear just because they aren’t lugging around an extra 75lbs on their frame.
While we know that 68 percent of the American population is overweight (a fact that makes me shudder), and that many are dipping their toes on the diabetes pool, the really shocking news from a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is that nearly 1 in 4 skinny people have pre-diabetes and are “metabolically obese!”
Want to be even more depressed?
If you are a skinny-fat person and get diagnosed with diabetes, you have twice the risk of death than if you are overweight when diagnosed with diabetes. How much does that suck?!?
Imagine if Captain America or Wonder Woman were beanpole’s with no muscles to speak of, and suffering from insulin spikes left and right? If that were the case they wouldn’t be able to punch evil in the neck and save the day! So I think we can agree that if we are going to go from geek to real-life superhero we need to avoid this horrible trend.
The good news is that skinny-fat is easy to spot and fix!