Heart disease deaths linked to obesity have tripled in 20 years, study found: ‘Increasing burden’
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In a 20-year span, the number of heart disease-related deaths has tripled in the U.S., according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Heart deaths were highest among Black people — particularly Black women — followed by individuals of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. "The number of people with obesity is rising in every country across the world." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
"The number of people with obesity is rising in every country across the world," said cardiologist Zahra Raisi-Estabragh, M.D., a clinical lecturer at the William Harvey Research Institute in London, in a press release from the American Heart Association (AHA).
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