WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IN CARDIAC REHABILITATION; ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION: LITERATURE REVIEW

*Naglaa Hussein, MD, PhD

ABSTRACT

Obesity has been determined to be an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease among men and women, although specific data on racial/ethnic minorities are lacking. Obesity appears to interact with or amplify the effects of other risk factors by mechanisms that as yet remain frontiers for further research. Alarming data from the National Health and Nutrition Exam Surveys show that the prevalence of obesity among Americans has increase over the past 20 years, such that an estimated 47 million adults Americans are deemed to be overweight. Thus, obesity should be viewed as a prevalent, serious and to date, refractory health problem.[1,2]

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