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Ignorant about obesity

Filed in archive Miscellany on September 20, 2005



Many Americans don't link obesity with heart disease:
Six out of 10 Americans do not recognize excess abdominal fat as a major cause of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new survey released Monday.

The Shape of the Nations Report, sponsored by the World Heart federation, quizzed doctors and patients in the United States and 26 other countries to see how many were aware that abdominal fat is a big risk factor for heart disease.

Many Americans ranked that "spare tire" around the waist as being just the sixth leading cause of heart disease. In contrast, some of the doctors surveyed identified excess abdominal fat as having nearly the same impact on heart disease as high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.


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