Obesity and sedentary lifestyles: risk for cardiovascular disease in women

Ann Smith Barnes

Obesity and sedentary lifestyles: risk for cardiovascular disease in women

Tex Heart Inst J. 2012;39(2):224-7.

Author

Ann Smith Barnes¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. smith@bcm.edu

PMID: 22740737
PMCID: PMC3384027

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases/etiology/prevention & control; comorbidity; diabetes mellitus, type 2; diet; exercise; female; guidelines as topic; obesity/complications; risk assessment; risk factors; risk reduction behavior; weight loss.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
Diet
Evidence-Based Medicine
Exercise
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Obesity / epidemiology*
Obesity / therapy
Prevalence
Preventive Health Services
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
Sedentary Behavior*
Sex Factors
Treatment Outcome
United States / epidemiology
Weight Loss
Women's Health*
Young Adult