We're witnessing a smoldering public health crisis, Rishi K. Wadhera, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and one of the study authors, wrote in an email.
There was a rise in obesity (from 33 percent to 41 percent) and diabetes (from 3 percent to 4 percent). Hypertension showed no meaningful improvement: It rose slightly, from 9 percent to 11.5 percent, but the increase did not quite reach statistical significance. Hyperlipidemia high levels of cholesterol or triglycerides declined from 40.5 percent to 26 percent.
Younger Black individuals are more likely to live in lower-income households that experience housing instability and food insecurity, as well as in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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