Article: TAKE THAT WEIGHT OFF YOUR HEART\ IF YOU HAVE SEVERAL POUNDS TO LOSE, THE ISSUE OF GREATEST CONCERN SHOULD BE HOW THOSE POUNDS ARE WEIGHING ON YOUR HEART.(Living)

Byline: Jennifer Jones Scripps Howard News Service

Forget that clothes don't fit well or that you just aren't happy with the image reflected in the mirror. If you have several pounds to lose, the issue of greatest concern should be how those pounds are weighing on your heart.

Obesity appears to act as the starting block for metabolic syndrome, a constellation of risk factors including obesity (particularly abdominal obesity), insulin resistance (diabetes mellitus), hypertension and dyslipidemia (an abnormal fat profile of lipids in the blood).

When these four factors are presented together, a person has a very high risk of cardiovascular ...

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