Prevalence of Heart Disease

As well all know, obesity give raise to many health problem such as diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. According to the researches, cardiovascular diseases are the foremost cause of death in the U.S. In 2002, around 700,000 people died due to accumulative heart disease, nearly half of them were women. This information means that about 30% total U.S. deaths were due to heart disease.

With this information you can understand the evilness of obesity and the need of weight loss pills. American Heart Association (AHA) has already declared the heart diseases as the leading killer of adult females since 1908.

Heart problems

A number of abnormal conditions affect the heart and the vessels provide blood to the heart. Heart diseases include cardiac arrest, chronic artery disease and arrhythmia. The most well known form of heart disease is coronary artery disease (CAD), in which plaque narrow or completely blocks the coronary artery which is the leading cause of heart attack.

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