Stress and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk for Indigenous Populations throughout the Lifespan

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2021

This article explores the relationship between cardiometabolic disease risks and Indigenous-specific stressors, including early childhood stress and trauma, adulthood stress and trauma, and historical and intergenerational trauma. It also provides possible protective factors and interventions that could reduce cardiometabolic disease risk in Indigenous communities.

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