Older women with an 'apple' shape are at higher risk of dying early.
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New research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine has suggested that women of a healthy weight who carry more fat around their middle are linked to a higher risk of heart disease.
Qibin Qi, senior author of the study and a researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York said: ''An `apple' shape has been associated with increased heart risk in previous studies, but it mostly refers to central obesity among people already have a weight problem.
''Our study found, for the first time, that among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index (BMI), elevated trunk fat (apple shape) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, while elevated leg fat (pear shape) is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.''