Heart Disease Risk Factor
Abdominal fat increases cardiovascular disease risk in normal-weight women
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 15th, 2004
According to recent research published in the International Journal of Obesity, "The objectives of this study are to investigate the relationships between abdominal fat and risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) among normal-weight (NW) white subjects and to determine how these relationships differ by sex. NW adults (177 males and 258 females) and overweight adults (133 males and 111 females) from the Quebec Family Study and the HERITAGE Family Study were retained for this study. Risk factors included systolic and diastolic blood pressures, low-density lipoprotein and...
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