Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Waist fat is risky

People with coronary artery disease have significally increased risk of death if they have fat around the waist, according to researchers in the US.

The researchers at the Mayo Clinic looked at the distance around the hips and waist to measure the fat around the belly, and BMI which is a measure comparing height and weight. There was a 75% increased risk of death for patients with high levels of fat around the waist compared with those with thin waists.


This highlights the importance of weight lossing in certain disorders. Dr Mike Knapton, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study shows that abdominal obesity is the major risk factor for patients with coronary heart disease even if they have a normal BMI and are a healthy weight.
Check the whole article here.


9 comments:

  1. It's interesting because whenever I read articles like these I always think to myself "well that's kind of obvious" but the thing is science relies on scientists not taking these things for granted and its from questioning everything that progress is made. nice post

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  2. seems kind of obvious, but could be something to look out for.

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  3. Thats it. Im going to have to lose a couple of inches lol. following.

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  4. i should probably get onto my weight soon, i dont want to be in that 75%

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  5. luckily i started bicycling a whie ago

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  6. dont understand how people can let themselves go.. a little exercise isnt too hard

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  7. Doesn't really surprise me, but maybe the more people here about this the more they would understand it.

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