腰部贅肉多要當心 心臟病風險或加倍
科學家警告，有“啤酒肚”的人死於心臟病與中鋒的危險是平常人的兩倍。
A U.S. study of nearly 16,000 patients with coronary heart disease found that a layer of flab around the stomach can be as dangerous as smoking a packet of cigarettes a day or having very high cholesterol.
美國的一份健康報告對將近16000名冠心病患者進行了研究，結果發現肚子周圍以全鬆鬆垮垮的贅肉的對健康造成的危害相當於每天吸食一包煙或者有非常高的膽固醇水平。
The findings add to the evidence that heart problems and furred arteries are not just linked to how much fat people have - but also to the location of the fat.
發現同樣爲心臟方面的疾病與動脈血管之間的聯繫，問題並不在於體重是多少，而是脂肪所在的位置。
Past studies have shown that ‘apple-shaped’ women with fat around their waists are at greater risk than ‘pear-shaped’ women whose fat is on their hips.
之前的研究發現，“蘋果型”身材的女性腹部所積累的脂肪所引發的健康風險要比那些“梨型”身材，也是有臀部肥大的女性大得多。
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, looked at data from 15,923 patients with coronary heart disease. They found that those with fat around their waists were twice as likely to die from the disease.
明尼蘇達州羅徹斯特市的研究者觀察了該市15923位冠心病患者，發現他們腰部的脂肪提高了的死於疾病的風險近兩倍。
Dr Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, said that fat around the waist was more metabolically active
醫生弗朗西斯科·洛佩斯·希門尼斯說，腰部脂肪代謝更爲活躍。
'It produces more chances in cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar,' he said. 'However, people who have fat mostly in other locations in the body, specifically the legs and buttocks, don't show this increased risk.'
“腰部脂肪會提高膽固醇的水平，提高血壓和血糖的含量”，他說，“不過那些在身體其他部位有大量脂肪的人，特別是在腿部和臀部，這並不會增加患病的風險。”
doctors often assess a patient's risk of coronary artery disease by looking at their body mass index - a measure that takes into account someone's weight and height.
醫生通常會評估身體質量以測量病人罹患換冠心病的風險，這樣的一種測量方法需要參考病人的體重和身高。
However, the study authors say doctors should advise patients with heart disease with normal BMIs to shed weight if they have a large waist or high waist-to-hip ratio.
不過，這份醫學報告的作者稱，那些患有心臟病但身體質量指數有在正常範圍之內的病人，如果他們腰圍超標或腰圍與臀圍比例失調，醫生應該儘量建議他們減肥減重。
