Strokes, Middle Age Women and Obesity
The AP is reporting that strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S. This is an alarming trend that doctors blame on the obesity epidemic.
Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004. Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994.
Women's waistlines are nearly two inches bigger than they were a decade earlier, and that bulge corresponds with the increase in strokes, researchers said.
In addition, women's average body mass index, a commonly used measure of obesity, rose from 27 in the earlier survey to 29. They also had higher blood sugar levels.
The portion of women with abdominal obesity rose from 47 percent in the earlier survey to 59 percent in the recent one.
Nearly 2 percent of women ages 35 to 54 reported suffering a stroke in the most recent federal health survey, from 1999 to 2004. Only about half a percent did in the previous survey, from 1988 to 1994.
Women's waistlines are nearly two inches bigger than they were a decade earlier, and that bulge corresponds with the increase in strokes, researchers said.
In addition, women's average body mass index, a commonly used measure of obesity, rose from 27 in the earlier survey to 29. They also had higher blood sugar levels.
The portion of women with abdominal obesity rose from 47 percent in the earlier survey to 59 percent in the recent one.
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