Many may say “Duh?” when told that losing a bit of weight improves your cardiovascular health.  It seems intuitive, but it is not something that has a lot of good data to prove.  Here is an article about a recent study from Washington University in St. Louis that shows that modest weight loss in obese patients leads to improved heart and blood vessel function, even when the weight loss is fairly modest.  Improvements in both heart pumping function and carotid artery wall thickness.   (see full article)  This is good news.  Get fit and lose those pounds!