Being overweight or obese ups our risk of a host of illnesses including heart disease. And in case you haven’t heard, you can be “overfat” without being overweight. “Overweight also increases the chances that you will develop high blood pressure, and this can be a double whammy to your heart health,” says Arthur Heller, MD, a primary care doctor in New York City.
But “losing as little as five to 10 pounds may help lower your blood pressure and improve heart health.”
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