title: [Obesity and cardiovascular diseases].
abstract: Obesity is a chronic complex disorder, which requires long-term treatment. The aim of this study was to estimate on the basis of current literature the coexistence of the cardiovascular system diseases and overweight. It was concluded that obesity is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease, hypertension and heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Kardiologii Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobusiak-Prokopowicz
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy