In women, does a lot of body fat around the hips increase or decrease the risk of heart disease?
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decrease. Body fat around the abdomen (being apple-shaped) increases your risk of heart disease. Being pear-chaped is safer than apple-shaped
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it means possible cancer or precancerous adbnormality on the hip you are probably going through alot right now good luck but if you have any medical questions about your wifes conditions follow this medical website...it will really help
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Perhaps the fat body?
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Women are biologically supposed to have more fat around their midsection, as it is preferable for childbirth. Believe me, there's nobody out there who is critisizing you for it, because we all have it or had it at one point. If it really worries you, try walking a lot (it really helps the abs) and maybe doing crunches to help define the muscles.
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Female patterns of fat deposits are related to hormones, as are men's patterns.
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Generally speaking, men tend to have more muscle mass and women a higher percentage of body fat.  Muscle generates more heat than fat.
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probably none... But her cholesterol will go up and puts her at an increase risk for heart disease.  Why did she stop?
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Heart Disease and Stroke\nSmoking causes fatty deposits to build up in the blood vessels, leaving them narrow or blocked. This leads to heart disease or stroke. About 40% of deaths due to heart disease before the age of 65 are related to smoking. \n\nCancer\nCigarette smoke contains more than 50 cancer-causing substances. \nSmoking is the most common, preventable cause of lung cancer. Smokers are 22 times more likely to develop lung cancer. 90% of all lung cancer cases in Singaporean males occur among smokers\n\nThe longer one smokes, the greater the risk of developing cancers such as cervical and breast cancer, cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney and bladder. \n\nChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)\nSmoking narrows the airways and destroys the air sacs in the lungs. This makes breathing difficult. Smoking is the most common cause of COPD, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is the 6th largest cause of death in Singapore.\n\nBone Loss and Osteoporosis\nOsteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to lose density and become brittle, leading to hip, spine and wrist fractures. \n\nWomen who smoke are 50% more likely to suffer from osteoporosis than non-smokers. \n\nRe-productive and Sexual Health\nSmoking increases the risk of infertility in both men and women.\n\n  Men  \n  • Smokers are 50% more likely to suffer from impotence or erectile dysfunction. \n  • Smoking reduces the volume of ejaculation, lowers sperm count, distorts sperm shape and impairs sperm mobility.  \n\n   Women \n  • Women who smoke may experience early menopause and more menopausal symptoms. \n  • Smoking may lead to decreased egg counts due to destruction of eggs in the ovaries before the eggs reach maturity.  \n\n   • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm delivery, and low birth weight. The smoke inhaled (either directly from a cigarette or from second-hand smoke) by a pregnant woman goes directly to her baby's lungs. It prevents as much as 25 % of oxygen from reaching the placenta.\n \n\n\nSecond-hand Smoke\nAbout 90% of the smoke from every cigarette ends up in the air as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). \n  ETS \n  • causes lung cancer in people who have never smoked before.  \n  • causes heart attack, especially among the spouses of smokers. ETS also increases the risk of repeated heart attacks if one has suffered from heart attack before. \n\n   • increases the risk of heart disease, lung disease, asthma, allergies, sinus problems, blood vessel disease or worsen the symptoms if one is already suffering from these.
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genetics, obesity, smoking, high cholesterol and/or triglycerides, lack of exercise, placement of body fat
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It depends on your height, age, and gender but Body Mass Index and a body fat percentage are the best ways to find out. A healthy BMI is considered somewhere between 18.5 to 24.9. A healthy body fat percentage for women is between 20-38%.
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Are you really fat?  Pinch the skin on your waistline, on your ‘love handles’. Can you grab skin more than 3/4 inch? That is a measure of whether you really have fat, or whether you're a normal woman.\n\nIf you’re not exercising regularly, or if you’re not eating as well as you should, then your body may not have much muscle, and any excess weight is that extra fat on your hips.  You can’t choose where your body gets fat or loses fat, you just have to control your exercise, eating and metabolism.  \n\nExercise adds muscle, which burns fat all day long.  Start slow, work up to exercising 4-5 times a week, for 30 minutes.  Walking, biking, swimming are all great, and cheap!  If you aren’t active to start out, then that will start building some muscle, which helps burn calories 24 hours a day.\n\nKeep a food diary. When you start, don't worry about counting fat or calories, just notice how much and what you are eating. Start learning what foods are good and bad.\n\nJust seeing it written down can be a surprise - you don't always notice how much you really eat when you eat it, but you sure notice when your jeans don't fit any more. Watching what you eat helps you stay focused and eat healthier.  If you are gaining weight or not seeing results after a month, start adding up every calorie, to find the best way for you to cut back your eating.
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An article I found on webmd.com may help answer your question. The link's below. I hope it helps. The title is: Women's Heart Risk May Go Unnoted.\n\nGod Bless!
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Sure, treadmill will help. But if you just fat below the waist, I think it's from your body type (pear shaped,big below waistline), it's genetic and you can't change that. Measure the width between your hip bones, is it much wider than your shoulder? All you can do exercise more to keep that parts toned and tight, or reduce your overall weight and size. But the proportion won't change a lot, but the difference will be less noticeable if you're skinny.
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There are 2 types of risk factors for coronary heart disease.  \n\nThe first type is the non-modifiable (ie what you are stuck with!!)  which includes:\n\nFamily History (if first line relatives, parents or siblings, has cardiovascular disease eg stroke, heart disease, under the age of 60)\n\nDiabetes (diet/tablet controlled diabetics are 4 times more likely to get heart disease and insulin controlled are up to 9 times more likely)\n\nAge (obviously as age increases risk increases)\n\nMale/Female (men are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease under 60 compared to women.  But post menopause women's risk increases dramatically and by the age of 70 the risk is about equal between men and women.  But remember heart disease is still the biggest killer in women!!)\n\nThe other type of risk factor is the modifiable (ie something you can change).  These risk factors include:\n\nSmoking (Estimated around 20% cardiac deaths due to smoking, even regular passive smoking can increase risk by 25%)\n\nDiet (Average UK diet is poor, high salt intake, high saturated fat intake.  Just 13% of the UK population eat the recommended 5 portions fruit and veg a day!!)\n\nLack of Exercise (Even moderate exercise can reduce risks by up to 50%)\n\nAlcohol (Moderate amount 2 - 3 units a day lowers risk.  But binge drinking increases it)\n\nObesity (UK has the fastest rate of obesity in the developed world!!)\n\nHigh Blood Pressure (About 40% men and women in the UK have or are being treated for high BP >140/90mmHg)\n\nStress\n\nHigh Cholesterol
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Im not sure about men, but women are more likly to lose weight in the upper body first. Hips/thighs are the last and hardest to get rid of.
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Well, as a doctor I would say that because of comfort foods and sedentary way of life style and cos of spending hours on watching computer tv  we are prone to have obesity and I can tell you there are at least 110 diseases which can be related to being obese and major ones are definitely , heart attack , angina , inc. serum cholesterol, for women who take inc, animal fat breast ca. and for those who are naughty and prosmicoious who smoke and begin sex life early cervical cancer , and cos of pollution and pl smoking around us lung ca. then these aerosols we use MSG we eat that is monosodium glutamate in snacks and all take away foods , artificial sweetners , industrial pollution all these are giving rise to novel cancers with i guess passing time newer diseases are eveolving cos of ths artificial life, i dunno what to say but we are deriving numerous benefits from these service too lots lots more .we can help cut these down by engaging our selves in more phycical activities not hi tech just walk aorund the corner daily and healthier diets , wih more natural stuff and a healthy choice of fruits and vegies , then our GRAND MOTHERS  they were basically prone to infectious diseases which are either now preventable or treatable but none of these threats we have was there then.
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I prefer women that have little fat, and are not lacking in feminine curves. That is in part the result of my ideology, as I favor beauty over vulgarity. People (males and females alike) with little fat can have complex beautiful forms in their bodies, like architecture, whereas a big vulgar blob of fat can possess no such forms.