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- The Concept of CMR
  Historical background on global cardiometabolic risk, epidemiological aspects of obesity and type 2 diabetes, ABCs of cardiovascular disease risk factors, intra-abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome and contribution to cardiometabolic risk.
- Evaluating CMR
  Research and clinical tools to identify individuals with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and quantify their risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (global cardiometabolic risk).
- Managing CMR
  Notions and practical tools to better manage the abdominally obese patient with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and related clustering abnormalities.
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July 06, 2016: What key findings relating excess visceral fat to various cardiometabolic outcomes were reported from the Japanese American cohort?; By Edward Boyko, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States [2:04 min.] [11MB]

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Key Words
Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution, Diabetes, Ethnicity

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