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Additional information I would gather would be: height and weight to calculate BMI, daily log of what food she is eating and how often, and family history, history of present illness.<\/p>\n
Marias health risks include: hypertension, anxiety, depression, diabetes, obesity.<\/p>\n
Marias culture is important in doing a health assessment because Hispanic \/Latinos have a higher risk for obesity and diabetes. \u201cLatinos have disproportionately higher rates of obesity and diabetes mellitus. Other health problems include stress, neurocysticercosis, and tuberculosis\u201d (Juckett, 2013). Many Latinos believe in herbal healing.<\/p>\n
\u201cApproximately 43 percent of Mexican Americans older than 20 years are obese, compared with 33 percent of the non-Latino white population.12 (Links to an external site.)<\/span>