Race/Ethnicity, Obesity, and Related Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors: A Life-Course Perspective

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 obes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wahi, Gita, Anand, Sonia S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962848/