Doubts emerge over heart risk to 'apple shape'

Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?

At Fitness Watch, we debunked this crap years ago. (e.g., here and here)

Doubts have been raised over the idea that being overweight and "apple shaped" increases heart attack risk.

A study in the Lancet found the risk of heart attack was not increased by fat being concentrated around the waist.

It contradicts previous work that found overweight people with "apple shaped" bodies were three times as likely to suffer heart attacks than those with more generally distributed fat.

But experts warned obesity was bad for the heart, no matter where the fat was.

And that last sentence is the bottom line.