‘Spare tyre’ triples the risk of heart attack
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Men and women who are not overweight but store most of their fat around their waist are at greater risk of heart disease or stroke than the clinically obese.
This could be because those who are overweight or obese have more weight on their thighs and hips which helps offset the problem, researchers said.
Doctors from the Mayo Clinic in the United States examined the health records of 12,785 people with an average age of 44, over a 14-year period.
They recorded patients’