April 11th, 2010 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
In addition to the heart, researchers are finding that the brain also appears to be a target organ for the harmful effects of central obesity. In a recent study of 6,600 people, those with the greatest central fat accumulation had almost a three-fold higher rate of dementia 36 years later than those with the least [...]
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April 9th, 2009 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Being overweight or obese raises a person’s risk of developing heart failure, according to a recent analysis of two large Swedish studies, from the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
In these two studies, waist size was also a factor for women, but not for men. In women, body mass index was a [...]
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April 8th, 2009 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
People who have abdominal obesity are more likely to have Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), according to researchers from Harvard Medical School. In a recent study of more than 88,000 American adults, obese men and women were 42 percent more likely to have RLS than those who were of normal weight, and those with abdominal obesity were particularly prone to RLS.
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