Healthy weight = Healthy heart

New research shows excess fat raises heart disease risk
 
For a long time, medical experts have known that carrying around too much weight raises our danger of getting heart disease. However, the "why" behind this danger was a little roundabout. Now, a major study makes a direct connection: all by itself, excess weight can cause serious cardiac problems.
 
Overweight and obesity often bring with them other conditions known to boost the risk of heart attacks, Congestive Heart Failure and Stroke. These conditions include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Diabetes and other ills. So, you might say that the "side effects" of being overweight and obese increase the danger of developing heart disease. A study of over 300,000 people in The Netherlands now indicates that the fat itself is a risk.
 
Fat alone hurts the heart
The Dutch research looked at 21 earlier studies and found this surprising result: even if doctors could get a heavy person's blood pressure and cholesterol down to normal, that patient would still be at higher risk for heart disease. The researchers were careful to first take into account age, gender, physical activity levels and smoking. Then, they re-calculated based on blood pressure and cholesterol. 
 
First, the not-surprising results: 

• Overweight people were 32% more likely to develop heart disease than people of normal weight.
• Obese people were 81% more likely to develop heart disease than people of normal weight. Then, the researchers took blood pressure and cholesterol out of the picture (basically assuming normal levels), and found that excess fat was still a risk factor: 
• Overweight people's risk of heart disease was 17%. 
• Obese people's risk of heart disease was 48%.

The meaning is clear: all by itself, excess fat raises the risk of heart disease. So even with high blood pressure and high cholesterol under control, if you carry around too much weight, you carry around serious health risks.
 
Just 10 pounds can make a difference
 
It may sound unbelievable, but it's true: losing as little as 10 extra pounds can cut your risk of disease - even death. More good reasons to be good to yourself by managing weight: 

• Gaining 11 to 18 pounds doubles your risk of developing type 2 Diabetes. 
• Overweight and obesity are linked with higher risk for some Cancers. 
• For every two pounds gained, the risk of developing arthritis goes up by as much as 13%.

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