The growing problem of obesity and the heart: the plot "thickens".

here is widespread recognition of the developing epidemic f obesity worldwide (1). Obesity imparts a major risk for he secondary complications of diabetes and is associated ith increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (2). he Framingham investigators found that after adjustment or known coronary risk factors, the relative risk of develping heart failure over 14 years of follow-up increased by % to 7% for each increment of one in body mass index BMI) (3).