Obesity cancels health advantage of affluent

Of fat and fortune.

"In the study of about 5,000 adults, the college-educated with household incomes of more than $75,000 a year had much less of a blood protein linked to heart disease than did the poorer or less educated — as long as they weren't overweight.

But as weight crept up, so did C-reactive protein in the blood, a sign of inflamed tissue that can lead to blocked coronary arteries, said Cathy Bykowski, a psychologist at the University of South Florida in Tampa."

You cannot hide behind your designer muumuu.