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SUBMITTER: Young KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380516 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Young Kristin L KL Graff Mariaelisa M Fernandez-Rhodes Lindsay L North Kari E KE
Current diabetes reports 20181119 12
<h4>Purpose of review</h4>The prevalence of obesity continues to rise, fueling a global public health crisis characterized by dramatic increases in type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and many cancers. In the USA, several minority populations, who bear much of the obesity burden (47% in African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos, compared to 38% in European descent groups), are particularly at risk of downstream chronic disease. Compounding these disparities, most genome-wide association studie ...[more]