Having a Beer Pot on Your Abdomen? Chuck it Away!

Overindulgence --> overweight --> reduced vital capacity --> reduced longevity.


According to the latest research paper published in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, the above sequence holds true.

This population-based study found that critical lung function in both male and female is impaired because of metabolic syndrome, mainly the abdominal obesity component. Moreover, the degree of obesity need not be great to raise the risk of impairment.


Even a Slight Potbelly may be at Risk, according to French Study

Reuters Health (March 11, 2008): The findings showed that "mild abdominal adiposity, even with a normal body mass index¹, is associated with lower forced vital capacity (FVC)," as lead author Dr. Nathalie Leone, from Universite Denis Diderot, Paris, said in a statement.

The study included 121,965 men and women examined at the Paris Investigations Préventives et Cliniques Center between 1999 and 2006.

This is yet another piece of evidence to prove my earlier conclusion that excessive tummy circumference (i.e., the paunch or potbelly), or body weight, is not bliss.

Guys...gals, if you happen to belong to the above category, for your own sake, pull up your socks please!







¹ emphases mine