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Obesity is a major, independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, highlighting the need for therapeutic strategies targeting visceral adiposity and lifestyle modifications.
Highlights the significant global increase in obesity prevalence over three decades, emphasizing the growing burden of this major cardiovascular risk factor.
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Supports visceral adiposity targeting in obesity; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized trials before practice change.
On the other hand, worldwide, prevalence of obesity was 9.8 % in men and 13.8 % in women in 2008, which were nearly twice the 1980 prevalence of 4.8 % for men and 7.9 % for women. Additionally, the prevalence of obesity in 2008 was highest in North American men, 29.2 % and lowest in South Asia in both men (1.4 %) and women (2.9 %).
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María José Santi-Cano (2013) conducted a review in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease. Obesity vs. Normal weight was evaluated. Obesity is a major, independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, highlighting the need for therapeutic strategies targeting visceral adiposity and lifestyle modifications.
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