Urbanization and cardiovascular health among Indigenous groups in Brazil.
Commun Med (Lond)
; 3(1): 17, 2023 Feb 02.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36732348
The lifestyles and environments of traditional indigenous and city-living communities differ. We compared rates of obesity and hypertension in members of two under-studied Indigenous groups in Northeast Brazil and a nearby urbanized group. We found higher rates of obesity and hypertension amongst members of the more urbanized community, suggesting that living in towns and cities may have a negative impact on these aspects of cardiovascular health. These results suggest those living in the city should modify their lifestyle and monitor their cardiovascular health more carefully if possible.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article