Statins and blood pressure drugs changing health risks of obesity, study suggests

People with obesity have worse cardiovascular health than people with normal weight, especially as they get older, right? Not necessarily. People over 40 with obesity appear to have both their blood pressure and cholesterol under control at levels rivaling their peers with normal body mass index, research published Wednesday in the Lancet has found. The new study tracked these cardiovascular risk factors in adults of varying ages and BMIs for 25 years, an era preceding new obesity drugs but coinciding with expanded use of far less costly statins and blood pressure pills.Read the rest…