Obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is associated with numerous cardiac complications including coronary heart disease, heart failure, and sudden death.
Obesity is a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, leading to structural cardiac changes and complications such as heart failure and coronary heart disease.
Obesity is becoming a global epidemic in both children and adults, and it is associated with numerous co-morbidities such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers, and sleep apnea/sleep-disordered breathing. In fact, is an independent risk factor for CVD and CVD risks have been also documented in obese children, and is associated with reduced life expectancy. A variety of adaptations/alterations in cardiac structure and function occur in the individual as adipose tissue accumulates in excess amount. As a whole, overweight/obesity predispose or is associated with numerous cardiac complications such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, and sudden death through its impact on the cardiovascular system.
Poirier et al. (2006) conducted a review in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease. Obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is associated with numerous cardiac complications including coronary heart disease, heart failure, and sudden death.