Health
Obesity epidemic creates ‘heart attack hotspot’ in Coffs – Coffs Coast Advocate
Region tips the scales as concerning figures show tens of thousands are obese
OBESITY levels across North Coast have helped the region to the dubious honour of being in the top five for heart attack hospitalisations.
The Coffs Harbour – Grafton area, which also takes in the LGAs of Bellingen, Nambucca and Richmond Valley, has a rate of heart attack hospital admissions of 18.1 per 10,000 people, around 25 per cent higher than the NSW state average.
Of serious concern are the risk factors fuelling the numbers, with the region sitting in the top ten for obesity, smoking and…
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