Only seven percent of adults have good cardiometabolic health TuftsUniversity
Less than 7 percent of the U.S. adult population has good cardiometabolic health, a devastating health crisis requiring urgent action, according to research led by a team from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in a pioneering perspective on cardiometabolic health trends and disparities published in the July 12 issue of the. Their team also included researchers from Tufts Medical Center.
"These numbers are striking. It's deeply problematic that in the United States, one of the wealthiest nations in the world, fewer than 1 in 15 adults have optimal cardiometabolic health," said Meghan O'Hearn, a doctoral candidate at the Friedman School and the study's lead author."We need a complete overhaul of our healthcare system,, and built environment, because this is a crisis for everyone, not just one segment of the population.
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