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Bearing the burden: why are communities of color facing obesity and diabetes at epidemic levels? (Report).
Althia Gauthier's mother was only 42 when she had a heart attack A smoker with high blood pressure and a poor diet, Gauthier's mother had no idea what she was experiencing, no inkling that she was at risk for a heart attack at her age.
Instead of calling out for help, she lit up a cigarette and waited it our in a women's restroom. The heart attack didn't kill her, but lymphoma did, years later. Then Gauthier's father died from diabetes two years ago, largely from factors related to his diet and lifestyle.
Gauthier, one of 30 nurses nationally with advanced training in assessing heart disease risk in women, struggles with her own weight and high blood ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Bearing the burden: why are communities of color facing obesity and...