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Editor - There's even more reason to lose weight than just being more attractive and generally healthier because the AMA maintains people with big waistlines run the risk of dying early.
Recent research shows that people with large waistlines seem to have a greater risk of dying in a nine-year period than from any other cause. The study is presently in the August 9/23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, which is the flagship publication of the American Medical Association.
Such diseases as inflammation, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, abnormal cholesterol levels and heart disease have also been related to waist
circumference. That's because big waistlines have been found to be associated with fat tissue in the viscerta, an area considered to be
more dangerous than fat in other places.
circumference. That's because big waistlines have been found to be associated with fat tissue in the viscerta, an area considered to be
more dangerous than fat in other places.
The research was done by Eric J. Jacobs, Ph. D. and his associates at the Cancer Society in Atlanta using 48,500 men and 56,343 women ages 50 and
older in the study groups. These individuals had all been identified specifically in areas related to demographics, medical and behavioral
factors.
older in the study groups. These individuals had all been identified specifically in areas related to demographics, medical and behavioral
factors.
Large waist size was defined as 47 inches and larger for men and 42 inches or larger for women. These levels of waist circumference were found to be
associated with a higher risk of death than people of normal weight.
associated with a higher risk of death than people of normal weight.
“The reason for the stronger association between waist circumference and mortality among women with low BMI in our study is unclear,” researchers
tell us. “Future detailed analyses of the relationship between waist circumference and visceral adipose tissue or measures of insulin
resistance within categories of BMI could identify biological reasons for potential differences in the strength of the association between
waist circumference and mortality.”
tell us. “Future detailed analyses of the relationship between waist circumference and visceral adipose tissue or measures of insulin
resistance within categories of BMI could identify biological reasons for potential differences in the strength of the association between
waist circumference and mortality.”
Obesity is being discussed widely among medical practitioners as a serious problem in the United States. Researchers say this new study will help provide guidelines for how obesity is described.
This focus on waistlines is another one of a number of articles done recently by the AMA as an effort to help inform the public about how being overweight can cause disease and death. In June the organization at its annual meeting agreed that healthy foods should be more affordable and that labels for
food content should be accurately described to help people make good food choices.
food content should be accurately described to help people make good food choices.
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