It comes as little surprise that obesity makes a person much more apt to get heart failure, a deadly condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood throughout the body Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, contributes to 300,000 deaths each year in the United States Conditions such as coronary artery disease and high blood pressure can leave the heart too weak or stiff to fill and pump blood efficiently The lean and active group had the lowest risk and the obese and inactive group had the highest risk As far as vigorous physical activity is concerned, even if somebody said they exercised one to three times per month -- which is a very low level of exercise -- they had an 18 percent reduction in the risk of heart failure after accounting for all other established risk factors The benefit of exercise in cutting heart failure risk was seen in lean, overweight and obese men, the researchers found |
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