Cardiovascular disease
| - Good evidence of an association between overweight and obesity and CVD incidence among young to middle-aged men and women but not among older people.
- Moderate evidence of an association between the duration of obesity and CVD mortality among adults, which may mediate the protective effect of overweight in older age.
- Moderate evidence of an association between obesity and CVD mortality among adults.
- Moderate evidence of an association between abdominal obesity and risk of CVD, particularly among older men.
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Coronary heart disease
| - Good evidence of an association between overweight and obesity and increased risk of CHD in adults.
- Moderate evidence of an association between abdominal obesity and risk of CHD in older men and younger women.
- Little evidence of an association between childhood and adolescent obesity and risk of CHD (particularly among girls), unless the children become obese adults.
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Heart failure
| - Moderate evidence of an association between overweight and obesity and risk of heart failure.
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Stroke
| - Moderate evidence of an association between overweight and obesity and increased risk of ischaemic stroke among adults
- Moderate evidence of an association between abdominal adiposity and risk of stroke in men and women.
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Literature and data sources
 and National Heart Foundation of Australia.
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The relationship between overweight, obesity and cardiovascular disease. AIHW Cat. No. CVD 29. Canberra: AIHW (Cardiovascular Disease Series No. 23). 2004</p>
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