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Racial Disparities Cardiovascular Health Linked - Culture, Family, Travel, Consumer Reviews - Posted: 28th Oct, 2008 - 9:05am
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Racial Disparities In Cardiovascular Health Linked To Birth Weight, Slavery, Researchers Suggest
Racial Disparities In Cardiovascular Health Linked To Birth Weight, Slavery, Researchers Suggest
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Two new articles examine the theory of "fetal programming" and their effect on racial health disparities. The studies, published in American Journal of Human Biology, suggest that the higher rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease present in African Americans may be a consequence of low birth weights, and that these low birth weights may be a result of social rather than genetic factors.
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