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- From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
- Subject: Re: Advantages of being fat
- Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 11:58:03 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.115803.12173@public.sub.org>
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- stcroix@z.eecs.umich.edu (William C. St.Croix) writes:
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- > Why is it that *MOST* health care professionals assume that people
- > who are "Overweight" have high blood pressure, high cholesterol
- > rapid pulse, etc. I have just come from a blood drive at a local
- > company. The nurse that took my blood pressure was astonished that
- > my BP was 130/80 and my pulse was 86. She said "Oh...but, someone of
- > your size should have a much higher BP.
-
- Well, but experience/statistics is on her side. I also was never slim
- in my life. And when I was 18, I also was tested for blood pressure
- and was diagnosed normal. But today, at 41, I have higher pressure
- and some cholesterol (not yet alarming, but definitely above average).
- So you perhaps have to wait just a little... :-(
-
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