Skinny thighs could spell your doom

[Principessa]

Skinny thighs could spell your doom

At last, good news for anyone who ever despaired of

fitting into skinny jeans: Thin thighs might actually kill you. Or at least put a strain on your heart. That’s the word from Danish researchers who studied more than 2,800 middle-aged people for up to a dozen years, only to find that those with the slimmest thighs had the highest chance of heart disease and premature death. “There was up to a double risk for the people with the smallest thighs,” said Dr. Berit L. Heitmann, a director of research at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. “It’s quite substantial.” People whose thighs measured less than 60 centimeters, or about 23.6 inches in circumference, were in trouble. And those with stick-thin gams (less than 18 inches around) were at the greatest risk, according to new study in the online version of the British Medical Journal.

Although the reasons for the increased risk of small thighs isn’t clear, it’s likely that those with smaller limbs lacked the muscle mass and lower body bulk necessary to ensure proper glucose and lipid metabolism, key factors for more serious disease, Heitmann said. “It would seem that having too little muscle or fat in that region would be a problem,” she added. Typically, of course, it’s the other end of the tape measure that signals trouble: People with too much junk in the trunk – and everywhere else – are usually obese and at risk for host of fat-related ailments. But Heitmann’s study, which was started in 1987 and followed patients through 2002, found that people with thinner thighs had a 50 percent to 100 percent higher chance of developing heart disease within a decade or dying by year 12 than their chunkier companions.

Woo Hoo! I'm gonna live forever! :biggrin1: :wink:

 

[B_am12388]

Omg, lol. My middle thighs are 15 inches, and my upper thighs are like 18 inches! Am I going to die ?

 

[whatireallywant]

Skinny thighs could spell your doom






Woo Hoo! I'm gonna live forever! :biggrin1: :wink:

I guess my increased risk for heart attack because of my thick waist is counteracted by my decreased risk because of my big thighs?! :biggrin1: So hey, it evens out!

 

[thehighheelsgirl]

Omg, lol. My middle thighs are 15 inches, and my upper thighs are like 18 inches! Am I going to die ?

Wow are you skinny! I haven't measured mine, but I'm anywhere from a size 0 at some places to a 2 or 3 at others, so I guess I'm going to die too!