Recent trends in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and the association with abdominal obesity lead to growing health disparities in the USA: An analysis of the NHANES surveys from 1999 to 2014.
Herve CaspardSerge A JabbourNiklas HammarPeter FeniciJohn J SheehanMikhail KosiborodPublished in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2017)
These findings highlight the critical importance of abdominal obesity-both as a likely key contributor to the continuing epidemic of type 2 diabetes in the USA and as a priority target for public health interventions.
Keyphrases
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- weight gain
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- cardiovascular disease
- physical activity
- mental health
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- global health
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