Heart Diseases & Prevention
Narrow blood vessels are a precursor of a certain type of heart disease. Dr. Jose Soza, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, affirms obesity is a health problem in the U.S. and so is overweight.
The specialist explains obesity has three stages: stage 1, stage 2 and morbid obesity stage 3, and represents one of the risk factors of heart disease.
Other risk factors are: a diet high in saturated fat, alcohol abuse or excessive drinking, high cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension. The doctor explains how the heart is impacted with those conditions.