A heart expert at John’s Hopkins is calling all women measuring more than 35 inches to get a annual check up and a comprehensive exam for cardiovascular disease. Excess abdominal fat, leads to a third of American women to underestimate their lifetime risk factor of having a heart attack, stroke, or angina. Erin Michos M.D. recommendation is based on a national screening of over 8,000 women from 35 to 63 years of age. The screening discovered a high number of over weight women had an underestimation of heart disease risk using traditional tools. When waistlines of 35 inches or more where factored in to the heart risk assessment, 55 percent of the women where found to be at risk for developing heart disease.
The results of this study emphasize the growing epidemic of obesity in America. Even if women are not experiencing heart problems they can soon be in trouble. Obesity leads to the development of risk factors such as cardiovascular problems, blood sugar imbalances, and a increase in blood lipids.
Researchers at John’s HopkinsSchool of medicine state it is time for doctors and patients to pull out their tape measure and start shedding some pounds.
A heart expert at John’sHopkins
The results of this study emphasize the growing epidemic of obesity inAmerica
Researchers at John’sHopkins School