Bilal Jamal Kamal Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Hypertension Heart Failure Clinical Cardiology Cardiac Echocardiography
Lecturer in Medical College Kirkuk University in Inetrnal Medicine
Bilal Jamal Kamal Kirkuk Medical College · Medicine Doctor of Medicine and his interest are Hypertension Heart Failure Clinical Cardiology Cardiac Echocardiography and his one of the publication is The association between CMV and ischemic heart disease in Kirkuk city
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Bilal Jamal Kamal
Obesity is globally considered as a pandemic with potentially serious consequences for human health. It was estimated that more than 20% of adults in the UK, and more than 30% in USA, are obese (i.e. body mass index, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Obesity prevalence has increased threefold within the last 20 years and continues to rise. About the prevalence of obesity in the developing countries, average national rates are not nearly so high, but the real figures show alarmingly high rates of obesity in many urban communities.
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