Becker's Healthcare November 13, 2024
Between 1999 and 2020, obesity-related deaths from heart disease deaths in the U.S. increased by 180%, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Heart Association’s annual Scientific Sessions, set for Nov. 16-18.
The study includes public health data of 226,267 ischemic heart disease obesity-related deaths from 1999 to 2020 reported to the CDC’s Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database, according to a Nov. 11 news release from the American Heart Association.
Researchers from Providence, R.I.-based Brown University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Henry Ford Jackson (Mich.) Hospital, Detroit-based DMC Sinai Grace Hospital and King Edward Medical University in Pakistan evaluated obesity-related heart disease death rates based on demographics.
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