Obesity & Heart Problems

[Chappychap]

New study out today,

bbc.co.uk/news/health-48088391

itv.com/news/2019-04-29/obe...

"people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 to 35 were at 70% higher risk of developing heart failure than their healthy weight peers. Even a BMI of 25 to 30 increased the risk by 20%, while a BMI of 35 to 40 more than doubled the risk and a BMI of 40 to 45 almost quadrupled the risk compared to people of a normal weight."

If anything the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes was even more marked, even slightly overweight people were TWICE as likely to get type 2 diabetes. And a severely obese person, with a BMI of over 40, is TWELVE times as likely to get type 2 diabetes!

Reading figures like these makes me wonder, is the type of diet (Mediterranean, Vegetarian, etc) more important, or is it just a case of the diet that best helps you stay slim is actually the healthiest choice?

[JonathanH]

Thank you, that's important news. It seems to me that we should both eat a healthy type of diet and keep slim. (My BMI is just, but only just ok, and I will lose more weight to get more firmly in the healthy zone).

[Ianc2]

The study was widely reported in the press. It seems to me to be very strange that detailed studies of millions of people seem to arouse very little curiousity on a site that looks into different drugs in great detail. Perhaps a lot people would rather pop a pill rather than go through the hard work of changing lifestyle and diet