Our suspicion is that it is likely the former, because of the obesity, hypertension and diabetes epidemics. Sadiya Khan More Quotes by Sadiya Khan More Quotes From Sadiya Khan Even more alarming are the persistent disparities with higher death rates among black Americans compared with white Americans. Sadiya Khan health-news Our study is also not able to definitively state what is driving the change in cardiometabolic death rates, but obesity is likely a leading culprit. Sadiya Khan health-news