Psychosocial factors in relation to risk of diabetes and weight gain in African-American women
Two serious adverse health effects of obesity are development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, which may also lead to stroke, kidney failure, blindness, and non-traumatic amputations. Diabetes and obesity occur more commonly among U.S. African-American women than among white women. On...
Main Author: | Bacon, Kathryn L. |
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Language: | en_US |
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2016
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17095 |
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