Scientists hail two everyday drugs helping obese patients match heart health of healthy-weight peers

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Cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure medications have enabled middle-aged and older adults living with obesity to achieve cardiovascular health markers virtually identical to those of healthy-weight individuals, according to a new study.The research, published in The Lancet, demonstrates that gaps in unhealthy cholesterol and blood pressure readings between obese and normal-weight people have "narrowed or disappeared" among those aged 40 and above.Remarkably, researchers found that in certain instances, individuals with obesity were actually "better off" than their healthy-weight counterparts on these key measurements.The findings are attributed primarily to the widespread prescription of cholesterol-reducing drugs and antihypertensive treatments, which are more frequently used by people carrying excess weight.

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