Muscle Fibers, Obesity, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Race

2650 words The association between muscle fiber typing obesity and race is striking. It is well-established that blacks have a higher proportion of type II skeletal muscle fibers than whites and these higher proportions of these specific types of muscle fibers lead to physiological differences between the two races which then lead to differing health … Continue reading Muscle Fibers, Obesity, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Race