Interesting article "Thin people might be fat on the inside" no question here...?
2008-3-1 18:04:16 by Skinskin
Internal fat around organs can increase diabetes and heart risks
The Associated Press
Updated: 12:03 p.m. PT May 11, 2007
LONDON - If it really is what鈥檚 on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.
Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding vital organs like the heart, liver or pancreas 鈥?invisible to the naked eye 鈥?could be as dangerous as the more obvious external fat that bulges underneath the skin.
鈥淏eing thin doesn鈥檛 automatically mean you鈥檙e not fat,鈥?said Dr. Jimmy Bell, a professor of molecular imaging at Imperial College, London. Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create 鈥渇at maps鈥?showing where people store fat.
According to the data, people who maintain their weight through diet rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they are otherwise slim. 鈥淭he whole concept of being fat needs to be redefined,鈥?said Bell, whose research is funded by Britain鈥檚 Medical Research Council.
Without a clear warning signal 鈥?like a rounder middle 鈥?doctors worry that thin people may be lulled into falsely assuming that because they鈥檙e not overweight, they鈥檙e healthy.
鈥淛ust because someone is lean doesn鈥檛 make them immune to diabetes or other risk factors for heart disease,鈥?said Dr. Louis Teichholz, chief of cardiology at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, who was not involved in Bell鈥檚 research.