Q.
Does excess weight increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes?
Yes!
- A weight gain
of 20 pounds doubles your risk of heart disease.
- Coronary heart
disease is more than twice as common in obese men under 45, than in
men of normal weight.
- Strokes are twice
as common in obese people.
- Nearly 70 per
cent of the diagnosed cases of heart disease in America are related
to obesity
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