Obesity and Risk of Heart Failure
Just recently the European Society of Cardiology stated that obesity is not just an important risk factor in heart disease, but more specifically for heart failure. At the 2009 Heart Failure Congress, researchers explained that obesity is at least as great a risk factor for heart failure as it is for heart attack or stroke, and that obesity doubles the risk for heart failure. Researchers confirmed a similar risk for diabetes and found that when the two risk factors are present together (obesity and diabetes), treatment becomes very difficult.
Weight loss will not only help lower BMI and risk of heart disease, stroke, and heart failure, it also helps to lower risk of developing diabetes or better manage diabetes in those diagnosed with the disease. Healthy habits and behaviors, as taught in Vtrim, all work together to help improve health risk factors and improve quality of life through less disease risk.
Tags: diabetes, heart disease, heart failure, obesity, weight management
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July 25th, 2009 at 3:02 am
As of 2008, there is no cure for either type 1 or type 2
diabetes. This may seem like a dim outlook for many people, but the fact is that even though there is no cure, there certainly are ways to manage your diabetes. Proper management can give you many years of healthy living.