Increasing rates of obesity and severe obesity may presage increased rates of heart failure, Elizabeth Tracey reports
About this episode
The episode discusses the increasing rates of obesity and severe obesity and their potential link to heart failure, along with the reversibility of heart failure through weight loss drugs.
The good news is heart failure in people with severe obesity may be reversible with common weight loss drugs. The bad news is both obesity, with BMIs of around 30, and severe obesity, with a BMI of 42 or greater, … Increasing rates of obesity and severe obesity may presage increased rates of heart failure, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »
People in this episode
Host: Elizabeth Tracey
Topics covered
- obesity
- heart failure
- weight loss drugs
- severe obesity
- health risks
Keywords
- obesity
- heart failure
- weight loss
- BMI
- health risks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Johns Hopkins Medicine
Places: obesity, heart failure
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