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>>444888 As I understand it, the main contributor to cases of diabetes is too much sugar or cholesterol intake; and like I said, that's not synonymous with obesity. Fat doesn't create huge health hazards, huge health hazards create fat; but really only 50% of the time. The fact of the matter is, as long as your body fat isn't putting undue stress on your joints and back, and your heart is healthy enough to motivate your fat self, it does -not- make you unhealthy if your cholesterol and nutrition diets are normal; people with family history of obesity become fat easily without eating fatty foods. It's just how their body processes intake.
If you have a man who is at 25% bodyfat with high cholesterol and bad eating habits, which in turn causes him a lot of high blood pressure and heart problems, as well as his diet denying him proper nutrition to keep his joints and bones healthy, then yes, he isn't very healthy and is suffering a substantial health hazard. And yes, this would be a good number of Americans.
If you have a man with normal eating habits, but due to heridotery fatty genes is at 25% bodyfat, with low cholesterol (yes, it's completely possible) and in turn a normal and healthy heart, joints, and bones; then in a medical standpoint, he is indeed healthy. The only thing large amounts of fat present is more work for the body to support it and move it. In itself, this isn't a hazard unless some other health hazard (which is sometimes linked to -how- they became obese, not simply -by- being obese) presents a challenge to one of the aforementioned things (heart, joints, bones, etc).
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