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Belly Fat Increases The Risk Of These Diseases
Belly fat can increase the risk of several health problems.Read on to know few of them.
If you are having an apple shaped body in which weight is deposited around the abdomen -- it may be high time to reduce the belly fat.
A study warns that people who are genetically inclined to storing belly fat may be at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.
"People vary in their distribution of body fat, some put fat in their belly, which we call abdominal adiposity and some in their hips and thighs," says Sekar Kathiresan, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
"We tested whether genetic predisposition to abdominal adiposity was associated with the risk for Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease and found that the answer was a firm 'yes'," Kathiresan added.
Previous research had identified 48 gene variants associated with waist-to-hip ratio, resulting in a genetic risk score.
For the new study, appearing in the journal of JAMAA, the team analysed the genomes of a total research group of more than 400,000 individuals.
The findings showed that genetic predisposition to abdominal adiposity is associated with significant increases in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, along with increases in blood lipids, blood glucose and systolic blood pressure.
No association was found between the genetic risk score and lifestyle factors and testing confirmed that only the abdominal adiposity effects of the identified gene variants were associated with cardiometabolic risk.
"The
lack
of
association
between
the
body
type
genetic
risk
score
and
confounding
factors
such
as
diet
and
smoking
provides
strong
evidence
that
abdominal
adiposity
itself
contributes
to
causing
Type
2
diabetes
and
heart
disease,"
explained
Connor
Emdin,
from
the
Massachusetts
General
Hospital.
With
Inputs
From
IANS
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