How Obesity and Heart Disease are Related

For a long time a majority of heart health professionals considered that obesity had only an indirect link to heart disease. They attributed the major risk factors for heart disease (such as hypertension, high cholesterol, and even arteriosclerosis) to the degree of the obesity of the person involved. While obesity is a contributing factor for many of these conditions, studies are now indicating a more direct link between obesity and heart disease. A Direct link between Obesity and Heart Disease A spate of recent studies has demonstrated that while obesity can affect a number of risk factors for heart disease, they are also directly related in that obesity can be a predictive indicator of heart disease. In the most recent fourteen year study, middle-aged women with a View the rest of this article