New research shows obese people are more likely to have heart disease because their excess weight affects the way the heart works.

Researchers followed 950 normal weight, overweight, or obese people.

They found the left ventricle of the obese people heart’s didn’t work as well, so oxygen-rich blood coming from the lungs wasn’t being pumped effectively to the rest of the body.

Scientists say that could be why obese people are at higher risk of heart failure.

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