Skinny Legs May Up Death Risk By 300 Percent, Says A Study

According to the study, lean people who are metabolically unhealthy, but have normal weight, might be at a 300 percent greater chance of dying. This is in contrast to the small proportion of obese people who despite their high body mass index (BMI) are metabolically healthy, said researcher, Professor at the University of Tubingen in Germany. If we have a lean body shape with normal body mass index but with skinny lower legs, you may be at three fold increased the risk of dying from cardiometabolic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease, a research has claimed.

And for this group, the risk of death from all-cause mortality is only 25 percent higher than that of healthy lean people, he added. The results showed that among lean people, skinny lower legs may prove to be the strongest predictor of poor metabolic health, while for obese people, abdominal fat levels and…