Studies of Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk Find Mixed Results
Posted on: Friday, 19 November 2004, 03:00 CST
Being fit appears to be far more important than being thin for decreasing the risk of heart disease, while the opposite seems to be the case for diabetes, according to an article in The Washington Post that cites two studies published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
One study of 906 women participating in the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation found that women who were unfit were much more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those who were overweight. But the other, a study of more than 37,000 healthy nurses, found that being fit did little to reduce the huge risk of developing diabetes for women who are overweight, the article says.
Timothy R Wessel, lead researcher on the study on heart disease, said that women should be increasing their fitness levels and "getting back in shape, not just dropping pounds." Amy R Weinstein, who headed the research on diabetes, said that being fit does not counter the increased risk of being overweight for that disease.
Copyright American Physical Therapy Association Nov 2004
Source: PT; Magazine of Physical Therapy
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