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March 12, 2010
In Today's Issue
- Overweight? Shocking Proof that it may not be your fault
- Stroke Risk Increases As Weight Goes Up
- The Biggest Loser's Twins Proven Weight Loss Techniques
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Stroke Risk Increases As Weight Goes Up
Dear Reader,
New research finds that the more overweight you are, the more likely you are to have a stroke.
Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, the team followed 13,549 middle aged (45-65 years) Americans for nearly 20 years, looking to see if ischemic stroke risk was associated with several measures of obesity; body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio.
The intriguing report has just been published online in the journal Stroke.
Medicine defines a stroke as an interruption of the blood supply to a part of the brain. A stroke happens when blood flow to a part of the brain is interrupted because a blood vessel is blocked or bursts open.
If the flow stops for even a few seconds, the brain can't get the oxygen it needs and the cells start to die. This death can result permanent damage.
"We found that the risk of stroke was increased with each measure of obesity," explains study lead author Dr. Hiroshi Yatsuya, a visiting associate professor of public health at the University of Minnesota. The degree of risk varied by ethnicity, as well as for men and women, with risks especially high for blacks.
This increased risk has been confirmed by many earlier studies, and has also been seen in Asians, though no one knows precisely why.
In this research, the increased stroke risk that came with added weight was seen in every ethnic group - men and women in the highest obesity categories had almost double the risk for stroke as did those in the lowest category.
For instance, those in the highest BMI category had a 1.43 to 2.12 times' higher risk of stroke, with variations by race and sex.
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Stroke Risk Increases As Weight Goes Up Continued...
Measure obesity by waist circumference and the stroke risk ratios ranged from 1.65 to 3.19, from 1.69 to 2.55 when the waist to hip ratio was used.
"Degree of obesity, defined by body mass index, waist circumference, or waist-to-hip ratio, was a significant risk factor for ischemic stroke regardless of sex or race," the study authors point out.
Experts think that obesity increases the incidence of high blood pressure and diabetes, both major risk factors for stroke and other diseases of the cardiovascular system.
When the researchers factored in blood pressure and diabetes the association between obesity and stroke risk was weaker, but sill there.
"Obesity contributes to both diabetes and hypertension [high blood pressure], which are associated with stroke and at an earlier age," points out Daniel Lackland, a professor of epidemiology at the Medical University of South Carolina and spokesman for the American Heart Association.
When it comes to stroke prevention, the organization stresses the need for controlling your weight by following a healthy diet as well as getting regular physical activity.
Controlled trials would need to be conducted to provide clear evidence that obesity also brings down stroke risk, but until they are, if you're concerned take steps to reduce your weight, and you'll very likely reduce your stroke risk too.
To your good health,
Kirsten Whittaker
Daily Health Bulletin Editor
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Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100122/hl_hsn/
asobesityincreasessodoesstrokerisk
MedlinePlus info on stroke:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000726.htm
MedlinePlus info on diabetes:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001214.htm
WebMD info on high blood pressure:
http://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/default.htm
Calculate your BMI:
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
Calculating your waist circumference:
http://www.webmd.com/diet/calculating-your-waist-circumference__
Study details, Yatsuya et al published online, January 21, 2010 in Stroke:
http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/
STROKEAHA.109.566299v1?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT
=&fulltext=Yatsuya+&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&
resourcetype=HWCIT
News release University of Minnesota, January 21, 2010:
http://www.ahc.umn.edu/news/releases/AHC_CONTENT_169345.html
Daniel Lackland, Medical University of South Carolina/AHA spokesperson:
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/facultydirectory/
FacultyDetails.aspx?facultyId=2816
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