
Maywood Has Higher Rates Of Obesity, Hypertension Than Ghana, Research Shows
Sunday, September 15, 2019 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews
Featured image: Dr. Lara Dugas presents her findings to members of the Maywood-Proviso Rotary Club during a meeting on Sept. 5. | Michael Romain
Black residents living in Maywood are more likely to be obese, and to have high blood pressure and diabetes than those Blacks living in some of the poorest countries in the world, according to alarming findings recently released by Loyola public health researchers.
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