Understanding Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk

Robyn Osborn Pashby; Tracy Sbrocco

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-85960-6_15

Understanding Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk

Robyn Osborn Pashby^*, Tracy Sbrocco

^*Corresponding author for this work

Medical & Clinical Psychology

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Abstract

The prevalence of obesity is increasing in most industrialized countries, with substantial implications for adverse population trends in cardiovascular disease risk. This chapter reviews the various measures of obesity, including noninvasive assessments of weight, body mass index, waist circumference, and bio-impedance to more sophisticated measures of body composition such as dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and doubly labeled water (DLW) methods. Individual differences in obesity are discussed with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities. This chapter concludes with a review of interventions targeting overweight and obesity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	357-377
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9780387859606
ISBN (Print)	9780387859590
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85960-6_15
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022

Keywords

Body composition
Body mass index
Cardiovascular disease
Obesity

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