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<blockquote data-quote="JohnEGreen" data-source="post: 1065747" data-attributes="member: 223921"><p>The medical term for this is "MONW," or metabolically obese normal weight, which I prefer to refer to as being a skinny fat person. It means you are under lean but over fat -- not enough muscle and too much fat (especially belly fat). It seems it is better to be fat and fit than thin and out of shape.</p><p></p><p>While we know that 68 percent of the American population is overweight, and that most have diabesity -- being somewhere on the continuum of pre-diabetes to Type 2 diabetes -- the 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."</p><p></p><p>What's worse is that 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. Perhaps having that extra muscle on your body from having to carry around those extra pounds protects you.</p><p></p><p>From here <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/skinny-fat_b_1799797.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/skinny-fat_b_1799797.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnEGreen, post: 1065747, member: 223921"] The medical term for this is "MONW," or metabolically obese normal weight, which I prefer to refer to as being a skinny fat person. It means you are under lean but over fat -- not enough muscle and too much fat (especially belly fat). It seems it is better to be fat and fit than thin and out of shape. While we know that 68 percent of the American population is overweight, and that most have diabesity -- being somewhere on the continuum of pre-diabetes to Type 2 diabetes -- the 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." What's worse is that 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. Perhaps having that extra muscle on your body from having to carry around those extra pounds protects you. From here [URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/skinny-fat_b_1799797.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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