Obesity increases heart failure risk but weight loss can reverse it, study finds

Summary: Obesity can be tough on your body, doubling the risk of heart failure. A specific type of heart failure happens when the heart muscle gets too stiff to fill with blood properly. But there is great news! A new study shows that losing weight, especially with the help of GLP-1 medicines, can actually reverse this damage. When patients lost just 10% of their body weight, their heart muscle cells bounced back to almost normal strength. Losing weight also helps clear up breathing issues.

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