Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice (right), Dean and Executive Vice President of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, works out with Rita Finley and around 40 other women during the kickoff for her 12 week challenge to lose 15 inches on Saturday, March 1, 2014.
March 1, 2014 Atlanta – Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice (right), Dean and Executive Vice President of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, works out with Rita Finley and around 40 other women during the kickoff for her 12 week challenge to lose 15 inches on Saturday, March 1, 2014. According to a recent Nurses’ Health 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