Even for those who didn't have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes -- but who were overweight or obese in middle age -- were at much higher risk of being hospitalized for heart disease or diabetes or even dying from it in older age. |
Our study is one more piece of evidence that overweight and obesity do increase health risks, whether or not you have other risk factors. People need to pay attention and maintain a healthy body weight. |
The take-home message would be pay more attention to your weight even if you don't have an unhealthy risk factor profile yet. |