Body Shape will not affect Heart Disease Risk

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No matter what your body shape, whether your body shapes “apple” or “pear”? As long as you are suffering from obesity is a high risk for heart disease. This is the conclusion of a recent study in the opposite of the previous theory.

Previous medical understanding suggests that the stature “apple”, which accumulates more fat at the waist, will have three times higher risk of heart disease than people who more equitable distribution of fat.

In the latest study, researchers have studied health for approximately 220,000 people 10 years and have found that obesity or body mass index (BMI) of more than 30 percent is the main factor for heart disease.

Whatever the method of measurement is used, if only the body mass index (BMI), waist circumference or waist to hip ratio, this is considered insufficient to predict heart disease if additional information such as blood pressure, history of diabetes, and cholesterol levels is unknown . This was said by Professor John Danesh of the University of Cambridge, England, who headed the research studies on body shape will not affect the risk of heart disease.

According researchers who need to watch out for obesity which is basically bad for health. By measuring the waist circumference alone is no better than measuring the body mass index (BMI). Both of these are the easiest ways you can do yourself at home in order to maintain health.

In addition to weight, also need to watch out for other heart disease risk factors, namely blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes.