by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
By middle age, 65% of women and 52% of men in Canada are considered overweight. And we know that being overweight has a direct result on our heart health. But an enviable minority stay slim throughout their whole lives. We hate those people . . .
Are these types just genetically blessed? Or do they, too, have to work at keeping down their weight? To find out, the Consumer Reports National Research Center surveyed over 21,000 subscribers to Consumer Reports about their lifetime weight history and their eating, dieting and exercising habits.
Turns out that people who have never been overweight are not sitting around in their La-Z-Boys scarfing down gooey Tim Hortons maple dips like I always imagined they could do if they felt like it. Here’s what Consumer Reports did find out about how their always-slim respondents compared to people who have successfully lost weight and kept it off: Continue reading “Heart-healthy weight: secrets of the always-slim”