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

It's not about the markers. It's because you are fat, fool.

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.

Lose the weight. Lose the risk.