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Obesity and Diabetes Prevention

Studies from Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Internal Medicine provide new data on obesity and diabetes prevention

Published in Blood Weekly, March 12th, 2009

Data detailed in 'Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension and associated risk factors among Turkish adults: Trabzon Hypertension Study' have been presented. "To estimate the prevalence, awareness and control of prehypertension (preHT) and hypertension (HT) as defined by JNC-7 criteria in the Trabzon Region and its associations with demographic factors (age, sex, obesity, marital status, reproductive history in women and level of education), socioeconomic factors (household income and occupation), family history of selected medical conditions (diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular disease), lifestyle factors (smoking habits, physical activity and alcohol consumption) in...

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