It has recently been reported that even a few extra pounds can increase the risk of heart failure. Full details of the study were published in the online open access journal PLOS Medicine under the title ‘The Role of Adiposity in Cardiometabolic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis’. This paper can be accessed freely from the journal website. William Wadd’s 1816 work Cursory remarks on corpulence or obesity considered as a disease features a number of cases where the patients have rather more to worry about than a few extra pounds. One such example is that of Mr Lambert of Leicester, who weighed fifty two stone eleven pounds. Judging by the extract below, it would seem his was not an isolated case in England at the time. This title can be found in our Rare Books Collection. Location: Secure stacks 233.D.4 https://facebook/media/set/?set=a.493497160726443.1073741857.201138703295625&type=1&l=245e21bf58
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