Less Than 1 in 15 People in the U.S. Have Good Cardiometabolic Health
Less than 7 percent of adult Americans — about 1 out of every 15 people — have good cardiometabolic health, according to new research that looked at heart health trends and disparities. Cardiometabolic health includes several risk factors including type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and overweight and obesity.“It’s deeply problematic that in the United States, one of the wealthiest nations in the world, fewer than 1 in 15 adults have optimal cardiometabolic health,” says Meghan O’Hearn, a doctoral candidate at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston and lead author of the study, which was published in the July 12 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Researchers also found “striking disparities” in…