Current state of unhealthy living characteristics in White, African American and Latinx populations

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Current state of unhealthy living characteristics in White, African American and Latinx populations

By FYH News Team

Published on May 21, 2022

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. 2022 May 16;S0033-0620(22)00045-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.05.002.

Online ahead of print.

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¹ Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: drj993@aol.com.
² Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Clinical Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
³ Clinical Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA; Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
⁴ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.

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Jonathan Myers et al.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis.

2022.

. 2022 May 16;S0033-0620(22)00045-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.05.002.

Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: drj993@aol.com.
² Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Clinical Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
³ Clinical Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA; Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
⁴ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL – PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.

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Abstract

The United States (US) is similar to most industrialized countries in that it falls short on many of the basic metrics related to cardiovascular and overall health. These metrics include nutritional patterns, levels of physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and prevalence of overweight and obesity. These issues are even more apparent in underserved communities, among whom unhealthy living characteristics cluster and contribute to a disproportionate chronic disease burden. The reasons for these inequities are complex and include social and economic factors as well as reduced access to health care. CRF has been demonstrated to be a critically important risk factor that tends to be lower in disadvantaged groups. In this article we discuss the current state of health & lifestyle characteristics in the US, the impact of social inequality on health, and the particular role that CRF and PA patterns play in the current state of unhealthy living characteristics as they relate to underserved populations.

Keywords:

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Physical activity; Underserved populations.

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