Results from a new long-term study have found that certain obese people may not be at risk for diabetes and heart disease. The researchers say people who are 30 pounds or more overweight who do not have metabolic risk factors such as high cholesterol or hypertension do not have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease like the rest of the obese population. But these investigators say that this profile only pertains to a small percentage of obese people, and that these people may still suffer...
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