Heart disease risk

You’re thin, your cholesterol and blood pressure are good, and nobody in your family has ever had a heart attack.

So you figure you must be safe from heart disease.

But new research suggests you could be wrong.

Researchers at Laval University found a large proportion of normal weight, young people already have some thickening in their blood vessel walls.

Of the 168 seemingly healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 35, 48% showed early indications of developing cardiovascular disease.

Doctors blame too much bad food and not enough exercise.