Relation between weight and suffering of heart attack

In the research which is carried out by the researches from Germany and Switzerland pointed out that the chance of death caused by heart attack is more in patients having normal weight as compared to the patient who is obese or overweight.

Dr Heinz Buettner, head of interventional cardiology at Herz-Zentrum, Krozingen, Germany, who led the study, said: "Although there is no doubt that people who are overweight, obese and very obese have a higher risk of developing diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease, the evidence from our study shows once a coronary event has occurred and been optimally treated, obese patients switch to a more favourable prognosis compared to normal weight patients."