Andrea Riggs (center) leads a workout during Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice’s kickoff for her 12 week challenge to loose 15 inches at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta on Saturday, March 1, 2014.
March 1, 2014 Atlanta – Andrea Riggs (center) leads a workout during Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice’s kickoff for her 12 week challenge to loose 15 inches at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Montgomery Rice is the dean and executive vice president of the school. According to a recent Nurses’ Healthy Study, people with large waists may be at higher risk for heart disease and other illnesses. After 16 years, women who reported waist sizes of 35 inches or higher had nearly double the risk of dying from heart disease, compared to women whose waist was less than 28 inches. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL