A study by the American Heart Association has revealed that by 2050 cardiovascular disease (CVD) could affect at least 6 in 10 adults in the United States. The projections are even more staggering for Latinos as the study found that they hold the biggest rise in the total number of people with the disease.
Latino children are also projected to have the highest obesity rates, along with the greatest projected growth in obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes.
As Dr. Karen E. Joynt Maddox, chair of the writing committee, put it: “we found larger increases in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors, and in the number of people with these conditions, among people from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.”
See “Latino adults in the U.S. will be most at risk of cardiovascular disease by 2050” (June 7, 2024)
