Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.
The increase occurred especially among middle-aged men, Black adults, Midwesterners and rural residents, researchers found., and this risk is going up at an alarming rate along with the increasing prevalence of obesity,” lead researcher Dr. Aleenah Mohsin, a post-doctoral research fellow at Brown University in Providence, R.I., said in a news release.
The study identified a 5% annual increase in the overall rate of obesity-related heart disease deaths. Among women, the death rate rose 131%, from 1.6 deaths per 100,000 in 1999 to 3.7 per 100,000 in 2020, results show. Rural residents had an obesity-related heart disease death rate of 4 deaths per 100,000 in 2020, compared with 2.9 deaths per 100,000 among urban dwellers, results show.
American Heart Association spokeswoman Dr. Sadiya Kahn said that the new study “highlights the importance of obesity as a key risk factor for ischemic heart disease.”
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