The British Heart Foundation has warned that excess weight can “lead to fatty material building up in your arteries (atherosclerosis), increase your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. These are also risk factors for heart disease.
“If the arteries supplying blood to your heart become damaged and blocked, it could result in a heart attack. If this occurs in the arteries supplying blood to your brain, it could lead to a stroke or vascular dementia.”
While the available reports do not establish that Nuyanzin’s diet directly caused his cardiac arrest, his death came as he was undertaking an extreme weight-gain challenge that he had publicly documented online.
