Acculturation, body mass index and type 2 diabetes risk in Asian Americans
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Summary
Novel insights are provided into the influence of a Western environment on BMI and diabetes risk among Asian immigrants and the importance of public health efforts in this vulnerable ethnic group, which already has elevated diabetes risk at the time of immigration.
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- article
- Published
- 2014-08-01
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- 0
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- 153
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- Open access
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Keywords
Body mass index, Acculturation, Type 2 diabetes, Index (typography), Medicine
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