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Article: Abdominal fat raises risk of heart problems: poll.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- September 21, 2005
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SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Abdominal fat, often accumulated by binge drinking or gluttony, can boost the risk of developing heart problems, a poll of doctors showed Tuesday. According to the survey of 2,672 physicians from 27 countries including South Korea, 60 percent regarded abdominal obesity as an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.
The poll was conducted by the World Heart Association and Sanofi-Aventis, a multinational pharmaceutical company. Despite the high risk posed by abdominal fat, many people were not aware of the danger it poses as only one in five had their waist size measured at hospitals, while the majority did not see ...