Waist Size Linked to Future Heart Trouble -Studies
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The best tool for predicting the  risk of heart disease may be a tape measure, researchers said  on Tuesday.
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(National-NBC) Sept. 8, 2004 - About one-third of American adults are obese, which can cause many health problems. A new study shows lack of physical fitness is an even more important predictor of heart problems.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Obese children are more likely than normal-weight kids to have dangerously enlarged heart muscles as they enter adulthood, according to a Tulane University study in the November issue of the journal Circulation.
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A study in Australia has shown that changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese children from as young as six, warning signs that might be linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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Obesity is related to poor blood flow, high blood pressure &quot;and cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases,&quot; Dr. Deborah Gustafson, from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Goteborg, said in a statement.
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The best tool for predicting the risk of heart disease may be a tape measure, researchers said on Tuesday.
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The anti-smoking, anti-obesity drug rimonabant continues to shrink belt sizes of overweight and obese people as it also improves other risk factors for heart disease, researchers said Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a new study   suggest that obesity per se is not a risk factor for organ   failure or death. However, the risk is increased with diabetes,   which often develops in people with a high body mass index
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SUNDAY, Jan. 2  -- The American Heart Association's warning last week that more children than ever are heading toward heart trouble is primarily due to the nation's obesity epidemic.
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Nov. 24, 2004 - A new study says obesity may increase the risk of developing the heart rhythm disorder artrial fibrillation. But, on the other side of the coin, the AP is reporting that earlier government
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Obese men and women suffer more commonly from a host of potentially deadly and debilitating conditions than people with more slender builds, according to researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Does your brother or sister have heart disease? That may be a better predictor of whether you are at risk that your parents&#39; health history, researchers said on Monday.
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WEDNESDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- In what doctors admit is a paradox, new European research shows that obese patients have half the risk of dying after a heart attack compared with normal-weight patients.
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Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of problems that can raise the risk of heart disease, is often associated with obesity, but new research indicates that people of normal weight can develop the condition too.
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Oct. 28, 2004 -- Being overweight after age 40 could double a man&#39;s stroke risk, a new study shows. It&#39;s more evidence that obesity is a major -- but modifiable -- risk factor for numerous chronic health problems
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Obesity raises the risk of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heartbeat that can lead to stroke and early death if not controlled, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Apparently healthy obese people are suffering silent heart damage that sets the stage for serious cardiac problems, a new Australian study finds.