Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among 1.3 Million Adults With Overweight or Obesity, but Not Diabetes

For Module 12, you will read the following article, ” Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among 1.3 Million Adults With Overweight or Obesity, but Not Diabetes, in 10 Geographically Diverse Regions of the United States, 2012-2013″ located at https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2017/16_0438.htm. Links to an external site. Comment on the study design used, and discuss the general strengths of this type of study, as well as its disadvantages. Read the underlined part again. You are not being asked to talk about the study you are reading. Now, focus on this study, what are the major strengths of the current study. Is the current study design retrospective or perspective? Justify or defend your answer. Did the authors in this study identify any limitations or weaknesses of their study? If so, what are those limitations? Remember to respond to two other classmates.