Obesity Paradox Probed in New Review Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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Despite being a key cause of heart disease, obesity appears to be protective in a range of cardiovascular problems, a new review concludes [1]. But that doesn’t mean people shouldn’t try to lose weight, lead author on the paper, Dr Carl J Lavie (Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA), told heartwire. Indeed, patients who fare the best seem to be obese patients who manage to lose some weight, he said.

“First, obesity is a very strong risk factor and increases all types of heart disease, but second, once you get heart disease, the obese patients do better, so their prognosis is not doomsday,” Lavie explained.

The new review appears in the May 26, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) [1].

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