WELCOME!
This
site was made by a group of Honors Biology students at the
University of Arizona. The purpose of this site is to
summarize and break down the article "Fitness,
fatness, and estimated coronary heart disease risk: the
HERITAGE Family Study,"
written by Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Jacques Gagnon, Arthur S.
Leon, James S. Skinner, Jack H. Wilmore, D.C. Rao, and
Claude Bouchard. The main purpose of this article is to
determine how both fat content and fitness level affect the
risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
We will also provide pertinent information regarding
aerobic exercise as well as cardiovascular diseases and how
they are impacted by factors such as gender, race, and
genetics. We'd also like to thank Dr. Scott Going, our
mentor, for taking the time to help further our
understanding of the paper. Enjoy!
