No matter how it is measured, obesity is a significant risk factor for ischemic stroke, not only in men and women but also in both blacks and whites, a new study has found.You are so fat that no measure can justify your condition.
The study, which used all 3 measures of obesity — body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist to hip ratio (WHR) — was among the first to look at the association between obesity and stroke risk in blacks and whites.
"This was the first study that shows consistently that obesity increases risk of stroke in both blacks and whites," said lead author Hiroshi Yatsuya, MD, PhD, visiting associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology & Community Health at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
The study reinforces the message that controlling obesity, which may help prevent hypertension and diabetes, may reduce the risk for stroke, he said.
No longer can you hide behind the muumuus of race and gender.
For the rest of us, do not "contribute" a penny towards the sick care of these folks who contract diseases of choice.
Fight back.
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