Heart disease is often described as the ‘silent killer’

Despite huge progress in medical research in lowering blood pressure and cholesterol both of which have a big impact on heart disease hundreds of thousands of people in the western world will die from it because of increasing obesity rates. Recent research done by Professor Simon Capewell from the University of Liverpool shows that despite the medical improvements if obesity rates continued to rise the number of people dying from heart disease would start to increase dramatically.

It is estimated that around 400,000 American citizens will die this year from heart disease and Professor Capewell explained that this figure could be halved if healthier food was consumed and people quit smoking. The study which was published by the World Health Organisation also noted that the number of people suffering from diabetes was also on the increase in both men and women.

Heart disease is often described as the ‘silent killer’ because it creeps up on you over years and years of unhealthy living. Most people find out that they are suffering from heart disease when it is too late to really do much about it. Even though drastic lifestyle changes can help your heart to get better, prevention is always better than cure!

Heart disease is arguably the world’s biggest health problem with one billion adults worldwide being overweight and drastic increases being recorded every year. According to Shanthi Mendis from the World Health Organisation this number could increase to 1.5 billion by the year 2015.

A word of advice from Ukmedix News is that you might feel fit and healthy despite being overweight and being a smoker but eventually you will end up paying the price for your unhealthy ways. Life isn’t much fun when you suffer from heart disease so work out what you are going to do now, get fit, lose weight and quit smoking before it’s too late!