Cardio Vascular Disease Burden in U.S. Expanding Faster Than Expected

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The growth in cardiovascular disease has outpaced expectations, reaching a prevalence of 41.5% in 2015 – 15 years ahead of schedule, according to a report from the American Heart Association (AHA).
The “disturbing” update to its 2011 projections likely reflected worse-than-anticipated effects of rising obesity and earlier type 2 diabetes onset across the country, AHA President Steven Houser, PhD, said in a teleconference with the press.
“So in short, the burden of CVD is growing faster than our ability to combat it,” he said – and the projections suggested it will get worse.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Prevention/63150?xid=nl_mpt_SRCardiology2017-02-18&eun=g841127d0r