HEART ACHES FROM INACTIVITY

During research which was conducted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and reported in the "American Medical Association," investigators followed more than 900 women. It showed that to prevent heart disease, it may be more important to be active than it is to be thin, according to this research. During the start of this study, more than three fourths of the women were overweight. Their average age was 58. More than half developed some symptoms of heart disease, such as a heart attack or stroke. Sixty eight women died.

When researchers computed the statistical relationships, they found that regardless of the weight of the women, it was their level of physical activity that predicted whether or not they developed heart disease.