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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
While previous diabetes studies showed a higher incidence of the disease among blacks, Latinos and Asians, a new study by the University of Massachusetts Medical School on women older than 50 found that if healthy lifestyles are adopted, there is a decreased difference among races and ethnicities.
The study, which concluded that much of the variability could be attributed to lifestyle factors, was published today in Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.
?The high rate of diabetes among certain minorities has been well-documented, but few studies have looked at that disparity in relation to different lifestyle factors in aggregate to estimate the proportion of diabetes that might be avoided by adopting a pattern of low-risk behaviors,? said Dr. Yunsheng Ma, primary investigator of the study and an associate professor at UMass. ?Our work shows that among numerous race and ethnicities, the women with both high body mass index and low levels of physical activity are far more likely to develop diabetes.?
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120725/NEWS/120729754/1116
The study, which concluded that much of the variability could be attributed to lifestyle factors, was published today in Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.
?The high rate of diabetes among certain minorities has been well-documented, but few studies have looked at that disparity in relation to different lifestyle factors in aggregate to estimate the proportion of diabetes that might be avoided by adopting a pattern of low-risk behaviors,? said Dr. Yunsheng Ma, primary investigator of the study and an associate professor at UMass. ?Our work shows that among numerous race and ethnicities, the women with both high body mass index and low levels of physical activity are far more likely to develop diabetes.?
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120725/NEWS/120729754/1116