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Can you be fat and fit - research suggests no.
An 11 year study in the US of over 40,000 women found that those that were overweight yet active were still 50% more likely to suffer from heart disease than those of normal weight who exercised.The researchers, from The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston, concluded: 'Even high quantities of physical activity are unlikely to fully reverse the risk of coronary heart disease in overweight and obese women without concurrent weight loss.'
This content was created on Wed 7 May 2008
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