A wealth of clinical and epidemiological evidence has linked obesity to a broad spectrum of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) including coronary heart disease, heart failure …

Obesity has reached global epidemic proportions in both adults and children and is
associated with numerous comorbidities, including hypertension (HTN), type II diabetes …

The escalating prevalence of obesity has been linked to substantial increases in both
metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the direct effects of obesity on …

TO THE EDITOR: Financial incentives can reinforce consumer behavior (for example,
offering money back for using a specific credit card), and these procedures are gaining …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in most of the Westernized world.
Overweightness and obesity adversely impact cardiac structure and function, including on …

Background—In individuals without known cardiovascular disease, elevated body mass
index (BMI)(weight/height2) is associated with an increased risk of death. However, in …

Objective To determine the impact of cardiorespiratory fitness (FIT) on survival in relation to
the obesity paradox in patients with systolic heart failure (HF). Patients and Methods We …

Background—Patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) display
increased adiposity and multiple comorbidities, factors that in themselves may influence …

Background: In heart failure (HF), obesity, defined as body mass index (BMI)⩾ 30 kg m− 2, is
paradoxically associated with higher survival rates compared with normal-weight patients …

PURPOSE: Because obesity is a cardiovascular risk factor but is associated with a more
favorable prognosis among cohorts of cardiac patients, we assessed this “obesity paradox” …