Plastic Surgery Blog: A Pot Belly Says More About your Risk for a Heart Attack Than Your BMI

There are many indicators that can be used to assess a person’s risk of heart disease. According to a recent online article a potbelly could be a significant telltale sign of the risk of cardiac arrest. According to the article a “spare tire” around the middle of the abdomen raises the risk of sudden cardiac death in obese people, a new study finds. A larger waist-to-hip ratio makes a bigger difference than body-mass index when it comes to sudden cardiac death risk, said study researcher Dr. Selcuk Adabag, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Body-mass index is a measurement of weight in relation to height used to figure normal weight and obesity. Obesity, a moderate risk indicator for sudden cardiac death, and apple-shaped bodies are all associated. “The significance of this study is that it shows that abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for sudden cardiac death, even after making allowances for factors including diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease,” said Adabag, who is also a cardiac electrophysiologist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Minneapolis. Both men and women are likely to find that as they age their midsection becomes the most difficult place to lose weight. Dr . Stuart Kincaidencourages his patientsto be proactive concerning abdominal fat that has settled in the midsection as soon as it becomes a concern. Many patients will ignore body contour changes when they first begin to see them, and do not realize that over time it becomes likely that they will continue to gain body fat. Dr. Stuart Kincaid recommends that some patients who have stubborn areas of fat on their abdomen consider liposuctionas a solution for small amounts of fat that have not responded to proper diet and regular exercise. Abdominal liposuction is not a weight loss procedure. It is designed to improve body contour and in many cases allows the patient to drop as many as a few waist sizes. If the patient has significant loose and lax skin on the abdomen Dr. Stuart Kincaid may recommend an abdominoplastycombined with liposuction to remove the loose skin and achieve the best aesthetic result. Become a Fan on Facebook Follow us on Twitter More on Dr.Kincaid

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