Cigarette Smoke Linked to Metabolic Syndrome
A study published in the American Heart Association journal links exposure to cigarette smoke to metabolic syndrome.
The study found that 1 percent of those unexposed to smoke developed the syndrome, 5 percent of those exposed to secondhand smoke had the disorder and 9 percent of active smokers had it.
Metabolic syndrome is a disorder associated with excess belly fat that increases the chances of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
So much for smoking as an appetite suppressant.
Written By J. Foster
This is just stating a correlation, not a cause-and-effect relationship -- that part of the research remains to be done.
The probable cause of the correlation, in my opinion, is that fat people, on average, tend to do more unhealthy things to their bodies than fit people, including smoking. And fat people tend to have fat parents, fat spouses, etc., so they are more likely to live with smokers.
The obesity causes the metabolic syndrome more than the smoking.
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