1. Type 2 diabetes in Asians: prevalence, risk factors, and effectiveness of behavioral intervention at individual and population levels.
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Weber MB, Oza-Frank R, Staimez LR, Ali MK, and Narayan KM
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- Behavioral Medicine methods, Behavioral Medicine trends, China epidemiology, China ethnology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ethnology, Diet, Diabetic ethnology, Emigration and Immigration, Humans, India epidemiology, India ethnology, Japan epidemiology, Japan ethnology, Life Style ethnology, Motor Activity, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Translational Research, Biomedical trends, Urban Health ethnology, Asian People, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 epidemiology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 therapy, White People
- Abstract
This review summarizes the current data on diabetes risk factors, prevalence, and prevention efforts in Asia and Asian migrant populations. Studies indicate that type 2 diabetes mellitus is a large and growing threat to public health in Asian populations. Furthermore, Asian subgroups (e.g., South Asians/Asian Indians, Chinese) have unique risk factor profiles for developing diabetes, which differ from other populations and between Asian ethnic groups. Lifestyle intervention programs are effective in preventing diabetes in Asians, as with other ethnicities. The strength of these findings is lessened by the lack of systematically collected data using objective measurements. Large epidemiologic studies of diabetes prevalence and risk factor profiles and translational trials identifying sustainable and culturally acceptable lifestyle programs for Asian subgroups are needed.
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- 2012
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