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person’s heart attack risk
Climate Change Poses Major Risks for
In a paper published in the American Journal of
Unprepared Cities Cardiology, Dr Darrel Francis and colleagues
calculate that the reduction in heart attack risk offered
A new examination of urban policies has been by a statin is enough to offset the increase in heart
carried out recently by Patricia Romero Lankao. She attack risk from eating a cheeseburger and drinking a
is a sociologist specializing in climate change and milkshake.
urban development. She warns that many of the Dr Francis, from the National Heart and Lung
world’s fast-growing urban areas, especially in Institute at Imperial College London, who is the
developing countries, will likely1 suffer from the senior author of the study, said:“Statins don’t cut out
impacts of changing climate. Her work also concludes all of the unhealthy effects of cheeseburgers and
that most cities are failing to reduce emissions of French fries. It’s better to avoid fatty food altogether.
carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. These But we’ve worked out that in terms of your possibility
gases are known to affect the atmosphere. “Climate of having a heart attack, taking a statin can reduce
change is a deeply local issue and poses profound your risk to more or less the same degree as a fast
threats to the growing cities of the world,” says food meal increases it. ”
Romero Lankao. “But too few cities are developing It’s ironic that people are free to take as many
effective strategies to protect their residents. ” unhealthy condiments in fast food outlets as they
Cities are major sources of greenhouse gases. And like, but statins, which are beneficial to heart health,
urban populations are likely to be among those most have to be prescribed. It makes sense to make
severely affected by future climate change. Lankao’s risk-reducing statins available