733000login-checkObesity-related heart disease deaths triple since 1999, with highest impact on Black women |
By Regina Shaffer
CV deaths related to obesity increased by 200% across all race groups from 1999 to 2020, a statistic researchers said reflects the health consequences of the rising burden of obesity in the United States.
In an analysis of more than 280,000 CV deaths in the U.S. with obesity recorded as a contributing cause, researchers also found that Black women had the highest rates of obesity-related CVD deaths than all others, a trend researchers called unexpected. Read the entire article in Healio.
733000login-checkObesity-related heart disease deaths triple since 1999, with highest impact on Black women |