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Many people in the UK are in denial about lifestyle changes they need to make to lower the risk of heart attack, new research has suggested.

According to a major new European study, three-quarters of those at risk of vascular trouble are obese or overweight.

Furthermore three-quarters have dangerous blood pressure levels, while 40 per cent have high cholesterol levels.

Currently, around one in three middle-aged people in the UK is at high risk of heart disease due to factors such as obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure levels.

Professor David Wood, an expert in cardiovascular medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, said: "This is high risk population, diagnosed by their GPs and started on treatment. They should be managed much more rigorously and their lifestyle should be changing."

A recent US study claimed that anger and depression can have detrimental effects of the hearts of men and women.

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This entry was posted on Friday, March 13th, 2009 at 12:00 pm and is filed under General.