Recent findings suggest that obese individuals have a much higher chance of experiencing a fatal heart attach regardless of any preexisting cardiovascular condition. A study involving 6,000 men found that carrying around extra weight in the form of fat influences you chances for heart disease independent of any other heart related issues such as such, as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and arterial disease.
The author of the study, Jennifer Logue, said this about the findings:
"Obese, middle-aged men have a 60 percent increased risk of dying from a heart attack than non-obese middle-aged men, even after we cancel out any of the effects of cholesterol, blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors. This means [that] obesity itself may be causing fatal heart attacks through a factor that we have not yet identified."
It’s long been know that obesity is linked to various heart related issues, these findings, however, suggest that carrying extra weight alone may be contributing factor. It is still unknown exactly what it is about the added fat that leads to heart disease, but researchers are hard at work trying to find out. It raises the question, what are people willing to do to lose weight and lessen their chance of cardiovascular disease?
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