Big belly and heart disease. Related? You decide.

In a review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 10, 2011, researchers compiled data from studies involving 15,923 people with heart disease. Individuals having a high waist-to-hip ratio (larger waist circumference in proportion to their hip circumference) had nearly double the mortality rate as opposed to people with no “spare tire” regardless of their body mass index (BMI).

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