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Central obesity (for those who don't know what it is go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_obesity) seems to be far less likely than regular obesity. It's also more dangerous - can lead to heart problems, abdominal problems, etc...

My question is - why might a HEALTHY (please don't reply with diseases) person have central obesity while the average healthy person has regular obesity? Does it have to be a disorder or can it simply be that a person was genetically pre-dispositioned for it?

Also - I know what central obesity is. Please don't just reply with articles about central obesity unless it answers my question. Thanks in advance.

2007-02-11 17:03:06 · 2 answers · asked by Bluefast 3 in Health Diet & Fitness

EDIT: The above end parenthesis was included with the Wikipedia link. This results in the link going to the wrong page. Here is the link for people who don't know what central obesity is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_obesity

2007-02-11 17:05:10 · update #1

I want to make clear what I mean by "healthy." Yes, being overweight is unhealthy. But when I say "healthy" in this question I mean someone who doesn't have a condition that causes the central obesity (such as Cushing's Syndrome, Diabetes, Liver cancer, overian syndrome (women), etc...)

2007-02-11 17:15:33 · update #2

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a "healthy" person does not suffer from any kind of obsesity...but yes there will be a genetic predisposition for one or the other.

2007-02-11 17:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0 0

Healthy people don't have obesity. Obesity is unhealthy. So your question indicates to me a focus on the trivial, when the major concern is to get rid of the obesity. But, but I think that you understand all of this. The answer is that otherwise healthy people can have central obesity.

2007-02-11 17:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Tom Heston 2 · 0 1

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