Australia’s Future ‘Fat Bomb’
A report on the long-term consequences of Australia’s expanding waistline on cardiovascular disease.
Baker Heart Research Institute
April 2008
Excerpts from the report:
“This report has been prepared by Preventative Cardiology at the Baker Heart Research Institute with the primary objective:
To provide the Australian public with an accurate description of the current weight profile of middle-aged Australians and the likely consequences of their expanded waistlines on CV-related admissions and deaths in the next 20 years.
… … there is a paucity of data regarding the projected, long-term impact of obesity on CV morbidity and mortality in middle-aged Australians. This “missing” information is critical as it would provide estimates of the direct and indirect costs of Australia’s future ‘Fat Bomb’ on our hospitals, health services and health departments. In the absence of such data (which will, unfortunately, take a long time to obtain) there is urgent need to accurately determine the future impact of excess weight in middle-aged Australians in respect to their long-term CV health status. It is only with such data can that we can prepare the health care system and public health initiatives to defuse our future ‘Fat Bomb’.”
Image from “The Age” newspaper.
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