Urbanization and cardiovascular health among Indigenous groups in Brazil

Autor: Anderson da Costa Armstrong, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Juracy Marques dos Santos, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Dinani Matoso Fialho de Oliveira Armstrong, Vanessa Cardoso Pereira, Ana Marice Ladeia, Luis Claudio Lemos Correia, Manoel Barral-Netto, Joao Augusto Costa Lima
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Communications Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2730-664X
DOI: 10.1038/s43856-023-00239-3
Popis: Armstrong et al. describe how rates of obesity and hypertension differ across three sub-populations of Brazil, including two under-studied Indigenous groups. The more urbanized cultures experience more obesity and hypertension, suggesting urbanization impacts cardiovascular health.
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