Another thread about being overweight and the burden caused to the healthcare system from overweight people has made me wonder if I'm an exception and just very lucky.
I'm 44 years old and consider myself healthy. I've never required treatment from my doctor for any chronic or long term conditition. I have never required the prescription of any drugs on a repeat or long term basis and have only ever required one surgical intervention in my life and that was totally unrelated to my weight (eye surgery). I have been overweight all my adult life with a BMI of over 30 since entering my 20s and over 40 for the last 10 or so years (I'm now back in the 30s). So by any definitition I have been obese for at least 20 years. In my 30s I had two pregnancies with two normal deliveries.
Is there anyone else out there who is obese and still healthy?
Kitty