Risk of a fatty heart linked to race and body shape

08 Aug 2017


New research published by the journal Menopause shows that black women who put on fat around their midsection during midlife are also more likely to accumulate fat around their heart, whereas white women’s risk of fatty hearts is higher when they put the weight on all over.

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