The study highlights the inconsistent collection and reporting of racial data in health-care systems globally, a gap that limits the ability to identify high-risk groups for CVD, tailor prevention and treatment, and design policies that address the risk.
McMaster researchers found a direct relation between these key factors in the first three years of life and the trajectory of obesity in South Asian children.
To identify threats to the health of mothers and children, birth cohort studies look at groups of moms and their babies from birth or even earlier and follow them for many years.
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