Obesity stalls gain in cutting cholesterol
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February 2, 2010, Tuesday
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DECADES of progress in the United States on cutting cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking are being stalled by rising obesity rates, and heart disease will kill around 400,000 Americans this year, experts said yesterday.
A study by British scientists found that around half of those deaths could be averted if people ate healthier food and quit smoking. Experts warned there was no room for complacency.
Simon Capewell of the University of Liverpool said weight trends were "alarming," with 1.5 billion adults worldwide expected to be overweight by 2015.
"Although (heart disease) death rates have been falling in the United States for four decades, they are now leveling off in young men and women," he wrote in a study in the World Health Organzsation's weekly journal.
The deaths were calculated based on lifestyle trends, taking the year 2000 as a base.
A study by British scientists found that around half of those deaths could be averted if people ate healthier food and quit smoking. Experts warned there was no room for complacency.
Simon Capewell of the University of Liverpool said weight trends were "alarming," with 1.5 billion adults worldwide expected to be overweight by 2015.
"Although (heart disease) death rates have been falling in the United States for four decades, they are now leveling off in young men and women," he wrote in a study in the World Health Organzsation's weekly journal.
The deaths were calculated based on lifestyle trends, taking the year 2000 as a base.
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