Obesity Linked to Slowing Progress of Reducing Heart Disease Mortality

Reducing the number of deaths related to cardiovascular disease has been slowing in recent years, leading to concerns that the obesity epidemic in the United States is undoing improvements in heart health. The study, by researchers at Northwestern University and University of Liverpool, shows that although the death rates from heart disease, diabetes, stroke and related disorders have been decreasing for decades, the rates have recently slowed or stalled mostly due to growing rates of obesity. The authors suggest early intervention to combat obesity in children and lifelong ongoing obesity prevention will help to reverse this course. To read the study, click here.