Obesity-Related Inflammation Boosts Heart Risks
HealthDay, May, 2008 by Robert Preidt
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Obesity causes prolonged inflammation of heart tissue that in turn boosts heart failure risk, according to a U.S. study of almost 7,000 people.
The latest findings from the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) are believed to provide the first large scale of evidence of such a link and give the estimated 72 million obese American adults another reason to change their lifestyle.
"The biological effects of obesity on the heart are profound. Even if obese people feel otherwise healthy, there are measurable and early chemical signs of damage to their heart, beyond the well-known implications for diabetes and high blood pressure," senior study investigator Dr. Joao Lima, a professor of medicine and radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute, said in a prepared statement.
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