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Change in body weight, cardiovascular disease and mortality
Episode 279

Change in body weight, cardiovascular disease and mortality

Heart Podcast

September 9, 202521m 48s

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Show Notes

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Dr Carl Lavie from New Orleans, USA. They discuss his editorial on a paper by Zhang and colleagues, which examined associations between changes in body weight, future cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality.  They also discuss the state of play with anti-obesity medications and the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness to good heart health. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a positive review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps us reach more people - thank you!

Link to published papers:

https://heart.bmj.com/content/111/10/454

https://heart.bmj.com/content/111/10/437