CMR Short Reviews
- 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.
Documentation Centre
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Documentation Centre

January 12, 2021: Obesity in African-Americans: The role of physiology. J Intern Med. 2020;288:295-304.; Gower BA, Fowler LA

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Key Words
Ethnicity, Insulin Resistance, Obesity

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