Overweight, Obesity up CV Risk Regardless of Metabolic Markers in Long-Term Study

It is about the fat. Nothing else.

"Middle-aged men with the metabolic syndrome are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death regardless of their body-mass index (BMI), new research shows. On the flip side of that combination, investigators also showed that overweight and obese individuals without the metabolic syndrome are at an increased risk of cardiovascular events and death.

Publishing their results online December 28, 2009 and in the January 19, 2010 issue of Circulation, Dr Johan Ärnlöv (Uppsala University, Stockholm, Sweden) and colleagues say the 'data refute the notion that overweight and obesity without the metabolic syndrome are benign conditions.'"

Lose the weight and shut-up already about being fit and fat.