As someone who has 1. Thin arms, legs and a large potbelly (weight 93 kg)
2. A history of diabetes on my mother's side across her family, and blood pressure on my father's side across his family I guess the only consolation I can draw is that I'm 6 feet tall rather than the usual 5'6", and that I've recently taken up cycling for trips of upto 16 kilometers roundtrip (max - more often trips to the corner grocery store or ATM). On Wednesday 20 April 2011 03:37 PM, ss wrote: > That is only part of the story. The other part is that there is thought to > be > a genetic predisposition among Indians to collect abdominal fat (thin arms, > pot belly) - and develop something called syndrome X (aka metabolic syndrome > X) - with Insulin resistance. Add short stature to that and an association > of > that with small sized coronary arteries that clog up sooner - and you have > Indians. Popping off at short notice from coronary artery disease. >
