While obesity has been linked to multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease and risk for type 2 diabetes and its complications, several epidemiologic studies have suggested that patients with excess weight may not have higher rates of (cardiovascular) mortality. Two articles in this issue of The American Journal of Medicine and one in the September issue demonstrate how the question of an “obesity paradox” can be very tricky to answer.
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— — Stuart R. Chipkin, MD, diabetes and metabolism specialty editor, The American Journal of Medicine
This article originally appeared in October 2011 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
Here are links to the three research studies referenced in Dr. Chipkin’s editorial.
Incremental Weight Loss Improves Cardiometabolic Risk in Extremely Obese Adults
The Obesity Paradox and Weight Loss
Weight and Mortality Following Heart Failure Hospitalization among Diabetic Patients
