Assess your mortality risk yourself. It’s very easy

Assess your mortality risk yourself. It’s very easy

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
In the last article I wrote, I referred to research showing that low aerobic capacity was associated with increased mortality. To evaluate aerobic capacity the way they did it in those studies, you have to visit a clinic and have a so called stress test done. This may be both...
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What is a reliable way of accessing the risk of death?

What is a reliable way of accessing the risk of death?

Posted by:  Didrik Sopler
Not all risk factors associated with an increased risk of dying have been evaluated long term. New research from Sweden has documented some interesting facts when accounting for traditional risk factors like smoking, high blood cholesterol and high arterial blood pressure (Ladenvall P, et al. 2016). This study followed men...
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It is not only how much you weigh, but where you carry your weight that is important.

It is not only how much you weigh, but where you carry your weight that is important.

  The latest research on the association of body fat and the risk of death was just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a very prestigious publication (Pischon T, et al, 2008). Most of the studies in the past have relied on the body mass index (BMI) and...
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