For those with heart disease, losing, gaining weight too quickly could be harmful
New research from New York University has found that people with coronary artery disease could be at an increased risk for heart attack or stroke if they lose or gain weight too quickly, according to a recent article in The New York Times.
In a study that included more than 9,500 people with coronary artery disease, researchers examined their weight about once a month for five years. After adjusting for other risk factors, results showed that those with higher weight variability rates were at a higher risk for diabetes, heart attack and stroke.
“It’s important to lose weight,” said the lead author, Sripal Bangalore, MD, an associate professor of medicine at NYU’s School of Medicine. “But this data says you have to keep it off. Many times people are motivated until they lose the weight, and then they feel they can take it easy. Maybe this information can be used as motivation to keep the weight off.”
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