Obesidad como factor de riesgo cardiovascular

Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease associated with cardiovascular risk and increased morbidity and mortality. Being overweighted and obese are now considered to be as important as other classic risk factors related to heart disease. Fatty tissue not only acts as stores of fat molecules but synthesizes and releases hormones to the blood which are related to the metabolism of basic food molecules and regulation of food intake. Likewise, obesity is associated with numerous cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, inflammatory markers and prothrombotic state. Weight loss can prevent acute progression of atherosclerotic plaque and coronary events in obese subjects.