Journal article
Race/Ethnicity, Obesity, and Related Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors: A Life-Course Perspective
Abstract
The adoption of health behaviors characterized by minimal energy expenditure and overconsumption of energy has led to cardiometabolic risk factors in pregnancy, childhood, and youth, all of which increase the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. The propensity to develop abdominal obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors appears to disproportionally affect non-white ethnic groups. While the majority of observational research has …
Authors
Wahi G; Anand SS
Journal
Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 326–335
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
October 2013
DOI
10.1007/s12170-013-0329-6
ISSN
1932-9520