Know Your Odds for Heart Failure
Lifestyle plays key role, study confirms, and a new 'calculator' helps gauge risk
Posted June 8, 2009
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.
More information
There's more on heart failure at the American Heart Association.
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