Change in death rate among white women in the USA: Klamath, OR: +16% Dallas, TX: +20% SF: -29% LA: -18% Tulsa OK: +20% Salt Lake, UT: +9% Fresno, CA: +8% Santa Clara: -15% 44% History of Asthma ; 38% smokers 10M white women with COPD, 1.4M Black women, 1M Hispanic women 1991-1995: Heart disease deathContinue reading “Lung disease: COPD among white and black women”
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US Obesity epidemic
Increase in Portion Sizes in the United States A study compared current portions of food products in the United States with past portions, concluding that the sizes of current marketplace foods almost universally exceed those offered in the past. The trend toward larger portion sizes in the United States began in the 1970s, and portionContinue reading “US Obesity epidemic”