Treating Symptoms will not Decrease Cardiovascular Risks for Obese
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Treating the symptoms of obesity with blood pressure medications, cholesterol drugs, blood thinners and insulin will not be enough to protect many obese people from suffering a serious heart attack or stroke. The only way to treat the obesity epidemic according to the Wake Forest University School of Medicine is to prevent obesity and assist obese patients in achieving healthy weight loss once and for all. |
The study which followed 6, 814 men and women ages 45- 84 showed an even greater prevalence of overweight and obese people than in similar studies conducted even 5 years earlier.
Dr. Gregory Burke author of the Wake Forest study notes that no more than a decade ago experts and physicians believed that treating the heart related risks of obesity such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and glucose intolerance would counterbalance the effects of obesity. This could not be further from the truth, treating symptoms rather than the root cause of cardiovascular disease may cause us to see an increase in the mortality rate due to heart disease after nearly 50 years of decline.
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Ultimately, it is treating the cause of a patient’s heart disease, rather than the symptoms of an unhealthy heart that will help people prevent heart disease from occurring. Popping pills will not make everything OK, at risk individuals need to make healthy lifestyle changes including diet and regular exercise to achieve a healthy weight and prevent cardiovascular disease.Prevention is the key, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and healthy body weight will prevent most known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. |
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Tags: cardiovascular risks, health, Obesity, Weight Loss
