Individuals concerned about heart problems usually worry about their blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels. But recent studies have shown that there’s one more problem that could possibly eclipse these three risk factors—Obesity.
According to Dr Vincent Bufalion’s studies, obesity is directly linked to the biggest 3 risk factors for heart troubles. Obesity can increase the bad cholesterol levels, increase the risk of diabetes by boosting the blood sugar level and also raise the blood pressure resulting in hypertension. These findings can’t me ignored easily as Dr Bufalion is a man of position. He’s the president and chief executive of Midwest Heart Specialists, spokesperson for the American Heart Association and also the medical director of Edward Heart Hospital in Naperville.
Though progress has been made in steps to control the three risk factors, the rising rates of obesity are threatening. An American Heart Association’s report states that blood sugar and blood pressure levels rise in adults mainly due to increase in obesity. These raises overwhelm the encouraging trends of heart-health like lower smoking rates and decrease in bad cholesterol levels.
The increase in childhood obesity is believed to worsen the situation in future. According to surveys by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-third of the teens and children in United States are now considered obese. These children are at higher risk of developing heart problems later in life.
Individual who shed weight experience a drop in their high blood pressure levels and also a decrease in bad cholesterol levels. The high-density lipoprotein (good cholesterol) levels increase on weight-reduction and thus lowers the risk of heart stroke by clearing the bad cholesterol from the blood vessels. Shedding weight is also considered among the best ways to curb diabetes and also to avoid it if the high blood sugar levels point out a case of pre-diabetes. Healthy weight loss is supposed to be gradual to avoid frustration and can be attained successfully.
Source:
Health Day
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by on 27. Jul, 2010 in Health News
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