How Many People Get Heart Attacks?
A team of researchers has found that the heavier you are, the more likely you are to have a heart attack earlier in life. Cardiologists analyzed data on more than 111,000 people who had heart attacks, looking specifically at the patients' body mass index (BMI), which measure obesity. The data showed that the age at which a person suffered a first heart attack decreased steadily as a person's BMI rose. Researchers found that the average age for suffering a first heart attack in a person with a...
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