People can be fat yet fit, research suggests (await additional, prospective,evidence-based, peer-reviewed studies)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19474239

People can be fat yet fit, research suggests

By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online

People can be obese yet physically healthy and fit and at no greater risk of heart disease or cancer than normal weight people, say researchers.
"The key is being "metabolically fit", meaning no high blood pressure, cholesterol or raised blood sugar, and exercising, according to experts.
Looking at data from over 43,000 US people they found that being overweight per se did not pose a big health risk.
The results are published in the European Heart Journal.
In the study at the University of South Carolina, more than a third of the participants were obese."