A new study revealed rising rates of diabetes and obesity among young adults in the US, increasing the risk of heart disease. The burden is especially high for young Black adults, Hispanic, and Mexican Americans, according to the authors.
M. Spencer Green/APObesity in young adult Americans rose from 33% to 41% over the timeframe of the study.Diabetes and obesity — two risk factors for heart disease — are on the rise among young adults in the U.S., according to a newly published study of about 13,000 people ages 20 to 44 years old.
The results show"a high and rising burden of most cardiovascular risk factors in young US adults, especially for Black, Hispanic, and Mexican American individuals," said the authors, Rishi K. Wadhera, Rahul Aggarwal and Robert W. Yeh of Harvard Medical School and Karen E. Joynt Maddox of the Washington University School of Medicine.
In addition to heart disease, the trends indicate more young adults are at a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure — potentially fatal and lifetime health concerns, according to the study.
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