Your Muffin Top may Kill You...

[Stuart G]

AP, MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38629117/ns/health-fitness/

Your muffin top may kill you
A bulging belly doubles your risk of dying within 10 years, study finds

.By CARLA K. JOHNSON

updated 2 hours 4 minutes ago
CHICAGO — If your pants are feeling a bit tight around the waistline, take note: Belly bulge can be deadly for older adults, even those who aren't overweight or obese by other measures.


One of the largest studies to examine the dangers of abdominal fat suggests men and women with the biggest waistlines have twice the risk of dying over a decade compared to those with the smallest tummies.

Surprisingly, bigger waists carry a greater risk of death even for people whose weight is "normal" by the body mass index, or BMI, a standard measure based on weight and height.

"Even if you haven't had a noticeable weight gain, if you notice your waist size increasing that's an important sign," said lead author Eric Jacobs of the American Cancer Society, which funded the study. "It's time to eat better and start exercising more."

[Make7]

1. Top of the Muffin to You! ( n/t )

[Stuart G]

2. Thanks...but we are at risk..due to overweight Americans...sadly..

I have been fighting this weight thing..tough...very tough..

[Make7]

5. It's a Seinfeld reference. The OP reminded me of it.

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHtWEH0euh4
 

[Blue Owl]

8. Just eat the muffin stumps

and you'll be fine!


:silly:

[notadmblnd]

3. I must be passed the crisis years.

I could stand to lose a good 50 pounds, but I'm still healthy. But yes, they've always said that apple shaped bodies have more risk than those pear shaped ones that carry their weight in their butt and hips.

[Stuart G]

4. I think what is very scary is that we now have a generation of

really overweight kids..gorged on Big Macs and fries.......

[kestrel91316]

6. As I get older, it has gotten harder to maintain a flat belly in spite of my

weight. Especially now that menopause approaches. I don't know what to do. I don't want to look anorexic. I weigh 3 lb more than when I graduated from vet school (and was slender then with flat tummy), but I am just "lumpier" now.

[Skittles]

9. strength training, kestrel

yes INDEED

[FirstLight]

7. maybe dying in the next 20 years isn't such a bad thing

...global climate change, neverending war, chronic pollution, economic wasteland, etc...

:shrug:

[KoKo]

10. OMG...are you pushing "Gallows Humor!"

Let me faint away! :eyes:

GASPING.........