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What your body fat really looks like

These MRI scans may well be the two most powerful motivations for heart patients to step away from the Tim Hortons maple dips that I have ever personally witnessed. Continue reading →

Tags: Body Mass Index, MRI of body fat, National Geographic, obesity, overweight, weight gain

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Categories Women's cardiac risk factors

Women & heart disease: obesity is contagious

10 Jun

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Having a tough time losing weight as part of your heart-healthy lifestyle? Take a look at your friends.

Close friends can influence your weight even more than genes or your family members, say researchers reporting in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study, co-authored by longtime collaborators Dr. Nicholas Christakis and Dr. James Fowler suggests that obesity isn’t just spreading – it may be as contagious between close friends as the common cold.

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