2024-02-29 05:15:00
When the heart loses some of its muscular strength and normal contraction capacity, it no longer pumps enough blood to allow the organs to receive enough oxygen and nutrients. However, these are essential to their proper functioning. We then speak of heart failure.
If excess LDL cholesterol (the “bad” cholesterol) or a diet too rich in salt promote the occurrence of heart failure, few studies have evaluated the relationship between heart failure and the dietary environment.
In short, do the place of residence and the food supply around the habitat increase the risks?
A risk of heart failure increased by 14%
Researchers at Tulane University in New Orleans worked from the UK Biobank, a database containing health information on more than 500,000 adults in the United Kingdom.
They then measured participants’ exposure to three types of food environments: pubs and bars, restaurants or cafeterias and fast food restaurants.
Over the follow-up period which lasted 12 years, nearly 13,000 cases of heart failure were recorded. And for scientists:
- Those who lived within 500m of a pub had a 14% increased risk of developing heart failure;
- Living near a fast food restaurant increases the risk by 10%.
For the authors, no mystery, “exposure to ‘ready-to-eat’ food environments is associated with risks of other disorders, such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, which can increase the risk of heart failure. »
Scientists also point out the fact that precarious populations, living on the edge of city centers or those without access to green spaces or physical activity facilities, are the most affected.
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