EXPERTSSAY
Dedicated to the proposition that you don't know it until the experts say it (or until the studies show it).
Monday, September 11, 2006
SOME OF THEM HAVE PRETTY BAD B.O. AS WELL
Heavy people may collapse more in hot weather, experts say
ATLANTA ---- Obese people face a higher risk of passing out ---- or worse ---- during heat waves, some health experts say.Layers of fat make it extra difficult for a body to dissipate heat, or to move to a cool location. Add in diabetic dehydration and other conditions common in the obese, and it's a recipe for trouble.
"ER physicians will tell you that they (obese people) are the ones collapsing," said Thomas Adams, a Michigan State University physiologist.