Obesity
OBESITY AND HEART FAILURE
Obesity is strongly associated with HF development and maintenance of a normal-range weight throughout the lifespan is a key strategy for preventing HF.
Small studies suggest that dietary, exercise, pharmacotherapy and surgical strategies can all be important for achieving weight loss and improving cardiovascular health for patients with HF.
Bariatric surgery achieves the greatest weight loss and is known to improve cardiac structure and function. More recently, bariatric surgery has been shown to halve the development of new HF for adults with obesity and also reduces HF hospitalizations and cardiovascular mortality in patients with pre-existing HF
