Doctors are worried and beating real alarm. According to them, now it is not enough to monitor the body mass index using calculations based on growth and weight. Many people know that overweight increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and even cancer. Now scientists have told, to what there is an excess of fat on a stomach.

Doctors are worried and beating real alarm. According to them, now it is not enough to monitor the body mass index, using calculations based on growth and weight.

Physicians often hear how their patients disagree with the medical conclusion, claiming that they are not at all fat.

However, recent studies show that more than 15,000 people have a mortality risk that is two times greater than those who are obese.

If women have the same tendency of uneven fat distribution, they increase the risk of death by 1.5 times.

Even earlier studies have shown that an increased ratio of the volume of the abdomen to the volume of the thighs leads to the onset of diabetes, strokes and ischemic heart disease. Now scientists have proved the risk of a fatal outcome.

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