It's not just what you eat, but where you live: Living near fast food restaurants is associated with a higher risk of heart disease, according to research into the impact of a person's so-called food environment. Christin Klose/dpa
While anyone who wants to stay fit knows to go easy on the booze and fries, it turns out keeping such temptations at a literal distance is key to a healthy heart.
Living within a 15 minute walk of pubs and fast food outlets is associated with a greater risk of heart failure, going by health data covering half a million people in Britain.
"Compared with those with no exposure to composite ready-to-eat food environments, participants in the highest density score category had a 16 percent higher risk of [heart failure]," the US-based researchers said, after assessing information from the UK Biobank.
