Saturday, October 16, 2010

In women, does a lot of body fat around the hips increase or decrease the risk of heart disease

In women, does a lot of body fat around the hips increase or decrease the risk of heart disease?
My teacher says decrease, but I think its increase.
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1 :
to be honest i don't know but i can ask a doctor about it the next time i go to visit.
2 :
decrease. Body fat around the abdomen (being apple-shaped) increases your risk of heart disease. Being pear-chaped is safer than apple-shaped
3 :
That's the wrong direction to look. Total body fat is what suggests one may or may not be susceptible to developing hear disease. Your teacher should, with all due respect, do a bit more research. It ain't the location of the fat that's the indicator we're talking about. Total body fat is also a very incomplete means of determining a person's cardio risks. Age, heredity, level of exercise, the composition of one's daily diet, whether or not one smokes or is exposed to tobacco smoke second-hand - all these are equally important in making that determination, which is why doctors and other health professionals seem to bug you about every aspect of your life. You gotta take good care of you, is what we're telling you! There are ten major factors that determine your risk of developing heart disease, but you can do something about only three of them. Fortunately, those three are the top three factors in heart disease! One, keep your weight under control. Two, don't use tobacco products. Three, devise and stick to a personal exercise program. Oh yeah - and choose the right parents! ...just kidding! Heredity does play a significant role, but yer sorta stuck with the genes y'got!
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It won't decrease your risk but it won't increase it either (unless we're talking about a whole bunch of fat). It's the fat around the waist you've got to look out for, because it builds up around the vital organs

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