Apple or pear shape is not main culprit to heart woes -- it's liver fat
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 13:01
in Health & Medicine
For years, pear-shaped people who carry weight in the thighs and backside have been told they are at lower risk for high blood pressure and heart disease than apple-shaped people who carry fat in the abdomen. But new findings from nutrition researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest body-shape comparisons don't completely explain risk.