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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.

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