Luciana Jorge

Parental Obesity and Offspring Risk for Cardiorenal Diseases

Obesity rates have increased dramatically during the past four decades, and these increases have occurred in children and adolescents, as well as in adults at reproductive age. Currently, 40.3% of men and 39.7% of women 20–39 years of age in the United States are classified as obese, leading to a substantial rise in pa...