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Monday, March 28, 2011

"Apples" No Worse Than "Pears" in Terms of CV Risk

News Author: Sue Hughes
CME Author: Laurie Barclay, MD
March 16, 2011 — A new study has cast doubt on the widely held belief that obesity in an apple shape, with fat accumulation around the stomach area, is more damaging in terms of cardiovascular risk than other types of obesity [1].
The study, published online in the Lancet on March 11, 2011, was conducted by the international group known as the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
Coauthor Dr Emanuele Di Angelantonio (University of Cambridge, UK) commented to heartwire : "It has been thought that central adiposity (apple shape) is associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease than other types of obesity, but we have shown in our study that any one of three measures of obesity are equally associated with heart disease. So being an apple is no worse than being a pear. Both are bad."/.../

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