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The combination of obesity and hypertension: a highly unfavorable phenotype requiring attention.
Current opinion in cardiology - 1 Jul 2016
Arena Ross, Daugherty John, Bond Samantha, Lavie Carl J, Phillips Shane, Borghi-Silva Audrey
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Body habitus is a key lifestyle characteristic whose current status and future projections are disconcerting. The percentage of the global population who are either overweight or obese has substantially increased, with no indication that any country has a solution to this issue. Hypertension is a key unfavorable health metric that, like obesity, has disastrous health implications if left...
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