Emerging modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women: obesity, physical activity, and sedentary behavior

Ann Smith Barnes

Emerging modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women: obesity, physical activity, and sedentary behavior

Tex Heart Inst J. 2013;40(3):293-5.

Author

Ann Smith Barnes¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. smith@bcm.edu

PMID: 23914023
PMCID: PMC3709229

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases/epidemiology/ethnology; exercise; female; male; motor activity; obesity/blood; rest/physiology; risk factors; risk reduction behavior; weight loss.

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
Female
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Motor Activity*
Obesity / epidemiology
Obesity / therapy*
Preventive Health Services / methods*
Prognosis
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior*
Sedentary Behavior*
Sex Factors
Women's Health*