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Muffin Tops & Heart Disease

Are you familiar with the apple versus pear body shape references?

If you carry excess weight around your waistline/belly you have an apple body shape. If extra fat stores tend to deposit around your hips and thighs you’re described as having a pear body shape.

A new study published in the May 10th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that even a small ‘beer belly’ or ‘muffin top’ may put people with coronary artery disease risk at high mortality risk.

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