Impact of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome on Risk Factors in African American Stroke Survivors
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- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 62 (3) , 386-390
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.62.3.386
Abstract
Obesity has become epidemic in the United States. The prevalence of obesity in the general population of US adults reached 30.5%, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000. African Americans have the highest rate of obesity, with a nearly 40% prevalence in NHANES 1999-2000.1,2Keywords
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