John Kane wrote:
> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...being/health-n...
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> Waist, not weight, key to long life
>
>
> Putting on the pounds around stomach is short cut to a premature
> death
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> By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
> Thursday, 13 November 2008
> People with a large waist had twice the risk of dying prematurely
> compared with people who had slender waists
> The size of your waist is a more important determinant of health than
> your weight, doctors have found.
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> The problem is greatest among men. The typical British male has an
> apple shape, his stomach bulging over his trousers, whereas women
> tend
> to the traditional pear shape as they age with weight accumulating on
> hips and legs.
>
> A pear shape is healthier than an apple shape but women's waists are
> growing, turning them from pears to apples,
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>
> John Kane Kingston ON Canada
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>
And this seems to tie in with the just-released statin study. I
have avoided taking statins, but now it seems they would benefit
an apple like me.

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Jean B.