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Understanding Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk

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The prevalence of obesity is increasing in most industrialized countries, with substantial implications for adverse population trends in cardiovascular disease risk. This chapter reviews the various measures of obesity, including noninvasive assessments of weight, body mass index, waist circumference, and bio-impedance to more sophisticated measures of body composition such as dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and doubly labeled water (DLW) methods. Individual differences in obesity are discussed with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities. This chapter concludes with a review of interventions targeting overweight and obesity.

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Pashby, R.O., Sbrocco, T. (2022). Understanding Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk. In: Waldstein, S.R., Kop, W.J., Suarez, E.C., Lovallo, W.R., Katzel, L.I. (eds) Handbook of Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85960-6_15

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