Neli Stoyanova, MD is a medical researcher in the field of obesity, heart disease and human behavior. She acts in an advisory capacity to numerous journals and health related web sites. To find out how your waistline reveals your life style, and why men and women should not eat the same food, check her website http://www.stress-fat-heart-solutions-for-boomers.com/ where you can also subscribe to her free monthly ezine.
There is a direct link between stress, waistline and heart disease. Waistline measurement is simple, inexpensive and reliable way to assess the risk for heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes at home.
The connection between stress and waistline is well known. What is less known is that stress and other environmental factors reduce testosterone and cause accumulation of abdominal fat that makes the waistline even bigger.