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Article: Middle-age obesity raises risk later; Normal cholesterol, blood pressure no protection.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2006
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Byline: Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Obesity in middle age substantially increases the risk of dying of heart disease later in life, even for those who have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, a study has found.
The report by Northwestern University researchers, published in yesterday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that obese adults ages 33 to 65 have a 43 percent higher risk of dying from coronary heart disease after age 65 than those of normal weight in the middle-age bracket.
The authors said this study was needed because of the "epidemics" of both obesity and cardiovascular disease in ...