One study has concluded that having overweight raises your coronary heart disease risk by as much as 26% compared to someone who is at a healthy weight, and obesity by as much as 28%.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality in the United States. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking have all been directly related to CHD ...

Coronary artery disease is one of the risk factors for AFib. Conditions like CAD, aging, persistent high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure, obesity, sleep apnea, and emphysema can eventually ...

The link between heart disease and obesity is multifaceted. For one thing, obesity increases your risk of developing many other risk factors for heart disease.

Researchers analyzed age-adjusted data from 226,267 deaths attributed to obesity-related ischemic heart disease. The data ...

Coronary artery disease pathogenesis and treatment urgently requires a paradigm shift. Despite popular belief among doctors and the public, the conceptual model of dietary saturated fat clogging a ...

A study from Stanford shows that heart attack deaths fell 89 percent from 1970-2022 while chronic heart disease deaths rose ...

The Connection Between Obesity and Heart Disease. Obesity in adolescents is linked to several cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension, dyslipidemia (abnormal lipid levels), and insulin ...

Research shows heart attack deaths have plummeted by nearly 90% since 1970, while deaths from heart failure and arrhythmias ...