Obesity or smokers....which suffer from heart attacks more often?!
Question: I say obesity and he says smokers? Who's right?
Answers: I say obesity and he says smokers? Who's right?
According to the European Society of Cardiology Congress, these are the risk factors for heart attack in order of importance:
1) Increased LDL/HDL ratios (i.e.,, elevated LDL and low HDL levels)
2) Smoking
3) Diabetes
4) Hypertension
5) Abdominal obesity
6) Psychosocial (i.e., stress or depression)
7) Failure to eat fruits and vegetables daily
8) Failure to exercise
9) Failure to drink any alcohol
It is notable that abdominal obesity, but not obesity itself, made the list of 9. Obesity itself was found to increase risk, but it was abdominal obesity - excess fat predominantly stored in the belly - that really made a difference.
Obese people have lots more heart and circulatory problems due to the heart having to pump harder to move the blood around.
obese people have to suffer with heart disease and diabetes.
smokers just gotta deal with cancer.
which if you smoke like a chimney, you prolly will get it.
obese smokers
Smoking increases the risk for heart attack even more than obesity.
Smoking, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, obesity and diabetes are the six major risk factors for coronary heart disease that you can modify or control.
Cigarette smoking is the most important risk factor for young men and women.
Smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. It causes nearly 440,000 of the more than 2.4 million annual deaths. Smoking leads to fatty buildup in the arteries (Atherosclerosis), increase blood pressure, decrease exercise tolerance and increases the chance for blood clotting. It can also lead to the reccurence of heart attack.
Obesity increases the LDL (bad cholesterol) and tryglyceride levels and lowers HDL "good" cholesterol. HDL cholesterol is linked with lower heart disease and stroke risk, so reducing it tends to raise the risk. Obesity also increases the risk for diabetes.
Obesity is a silent killer. It creeps on till the person is left breathless and therefore suffers a heart attack.
Smokers already have a weak immune. So there's a risk of both cancer and heart disease.
i hate to disagree but smoking brings on heart attacks more then obesity, in the last 7 monthes i have had first heart bypass surgery and in dec i had to have a stent put in my heart, i was normal weight but i was a heavy smoker,