Heavy but healthy people still at risk of heart disease

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Heavy but healthy people still at risk of heart disease

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some researchers believe people who are overweight but otherwise healthy don't have a higher-than-normal risk of heart disease. But a new report suggests extra weight can be harmful alone, regardless of whether people have a cluster of risk factors known as metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions linked to heart disease. Although each of those conditions is closely tied to extra weight, some researchers think metabolic syndrome - and not the weight itself - is what causes heart disease.

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