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- Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!inmet!mazur
- From: mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur)
- Subject: Re: Health
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.221616.24113@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
- Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA
- References: <98383@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:16:16 GMT
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- In article <98383@netnews.upenn.edu> crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford) writes:
- >Just went to the doctor today ... I'm a shade over 200 pounds, and my
- >blood pressure is 117 over 70. 8-) Take THAT, medical industry!
-
- I don't mean to be unsupportive, really I don't, but does anyone besides
- me see a flaw in the logic of statements like this? My sister is grossly
- obese (300+) and I was close to that. Both of us have cholesterol levels
- and blood pressures that you normally expect in healthy people. But...we
- are both relatively young (20s-30s).
-
- I'm not sure which is more correct--that one can be fat and healthy, or
- that the health risks of obesity accumulate over a lifetime. I mean, to me
- this sounds a bit like a teenager who said "hey look, a pack of cigs a day
- and my lungs are still clear!"
-
- I don't advocate that everyone struggle their whole life to be thinner
- than they can be. But I'm not sure it's safe to assume that one's health
- isn't compromised by obesity because we're healthy at a relatively young age.
-
- Just something to think about (and flame me to a crisp-fried, crackly-crunch
- I suppose).
-
- Beth Mazur "...life is more than a vision. The sweetest
- mazur@inmet.inmet.com part is acting after making a decision."
- ...!uunet!inmet!mazur -- The Indigo Girls
-