Previous
research has shown that having an apple-shaped body — that is,
carrying more weight around the abdomen and having a larger waist
— increases the risk of developing heart disease.
Now
a new study, published in the Journal of the American Society of
Nephrology, adds kidney problems to the risks faced by apple-shaped
people.
The
research done at the University Medical Center Groningen, in the
Netherlands, included more than 300 people who were either overweight
or had a healthy weight.
They
found that apple-shaped people with a higher waist-to-hip
ratio had lower kidney function, reduced kidney blood flow and
higher blood pressure in the kidneys; and surprisingly, even in
participants who were otherwise healthy.
Arjan
Kwakernaak, leader of the study, said, "We found that
apple-shaped persons - even if totally healthy and with a normal
blood pressure - have an elevated blood pressure in their kidneys.
When they are also overweight or obese, this is even worse."
Other
studies have found that high blood pressure in the kidneys can be
treated through sodium reduction or with targeted drug treatments.
“Our current data suggest that such interventions could be
particularly useful in subjects with a central body fat
distribution,” said Kwakernaak.
A
spokesman for Kidney Research UK told the BBC, "This is further
evidence that there is a link between obesity and the growing problem
of kidney disease, and that more needs to be done to make people
aware of the importance of protecting kidney function."
You
may look beautiful and sexy but you could also die young. Choose life
that you may live.
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