Fluctuation In Body Weight May Be Linked To Higher Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke In Overweight Heart Patients, Study Suggests.

reports that investigators found that “patients whose weight fluctuates the most die twice as quickly or have twice the risk of heart attack or stroke compared to people who maintain a stable body weight.” Additionally, “their risk of developing diabetes grows by 78 percent.” http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-heartdisease-weight-fluctuatio-idUSKBN1772TD If you are an overweight person with heart disease who lost 20 pounds "you are worse off if you drop your weight and gain it back" than if you didn't lose it in the first place, chief author Dr. Sripal Bangalore, an interventional cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at New York University's Langone Medical Center told Reuters Health by phone. WHY???