Obesity Risk Factors among patients with Heart Disease

Abstract

Obesity Risk Factors among patients with heart disease in several ways, including increased levels of cholesterol in the blood, obesity increases levels of harmful cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein) and triglycerides in the blood, in addition to reducing levels of beneficial cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein), which play a beneficial role in ridding the body of harmful cholesterol, which leads to Exposing the patient to heart disease. increased blood pressure, obese patients need to supply oxygen and food to the body's organs in larger quantities, and this leads to the body's response to raising arterial pressure to achieve this, and high blood pressure is considered one of the main risk factors for heart disease. Metabolic disorders, the enlargement of adipose tissue cells leads to physiological changes in the body that stimulate the occurrence of metabolic disorders, which are a risk factor for heart disease (American Heart Association,