Obesity causes arterial "calcareous deposits"

Fadia Mahmoud Abdel Hafiz asks, what is the impact of obesity on heart disease?
Dr. Jamal Shaaban, a cardiologist, said, scientists from the University of Texas warned that the size of the abdomen if slightly increased may increase the risk of the disease of the owner, and the medical team found that abdominal measurements are associated with the symptoms of early heart disease, which confirms the results of previous research that said that waist measurements are more important than  Total weight for heart disease.

The study, in which 2,744 people participated, indicates that increasing waist circumference with only some centimeters can cause heart disease even if the body weight is generally normal, as the owners of large waist lines showed calinic deposits in the arteries of the heart, one of the first signs of atherosclerosis.

Professor James de Lemos, who led the medical team in the study, says that fat stored at the waist is more active than others as it secretes substances that contribute to calcification of the arteries, while John Davidson of the British Institute of Cardiology noted that "obesity increases the risk of heart disease, but obesity The concentration in the waist circumference is more dangerous, so it is important that people care about their body shape as well as their weight, by eating less food and doing more physical activities."