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Know Your Odds for Heart Failure
Date:6/8/2009

grams divided by height in meters squared, is a common clinical measure of weight, with overweight defined as a BMI over 25 and obesity as a BMI over 30. By those measures, one-third of Americans are overweight or obese.

The problem with BMI is that it is "a simplistic measure," said Dr. Cora E. Lewis, professor of medicine and public health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, lead author of the advisory. "It really is telling you about the total mass of the body. It can't tell you which part is fat and which is lean, and it can't tell you where the fat is located."

Waist circumference can be a good measure of obesity risk, Lewis said, with fat around the middle being the worst. "Studies show that a person with an apple shape has a greater risk than someone who looks like a pear," she explained.

Physical activity, dieting and other measures to reduce body fat are especially important for people with diabetes, Lewis added.

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There's more on heart failure at the American Heart Association.



SOURCES: Ramachandran S. Vasan, M.D., professor, medicine, Boston University; Michael J. Pencina, Ph.D., associate professor, biostatistics, Boston University; Cora E. Lewis, M.D., professor, medicine and public health, University of Alabama at Birmingham; June 8, 2009 Circulation


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