USUCHD-R RESEARCH COREDespite overall improvements in health in the United States, substantial health disparities within ethnic/racialminority populations (e.g., African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans) and underserved majoritypopulations continue to exist. This is clearly demonstrated in the area of obesity, metabolic syndrome and itsrelated morbidities including cardiovascular disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, and diabetes where theprevalence rates for metabolic syndrome (hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and consequent cardiovasculardisease/CVD) are higher in African American (AA) as compared to Caucasians (CA) and persons of Hispanic(HI) origin (1-6). In addition, AA men and women appear to experience these diseases at earlier ages(7-8)
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