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What Hot Wings Thinks- Leave Fat People Alone [AUDIO]

By gary.chenoweth February 17, 2011 9:29 AM

Obesity alone raises risk of fatal heart attack, study finds.

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The finding stems from an analysis involving roughly 6,000 middle-aged men, and it suggests that there is something about carrying around excess weight that contributes to heart disease independent of risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and arterial disease.

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Over the study period, the research team noted 214 heart disease fatalities, along with another 1,027 heart attacks and/or strokes that did not result in death.

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