Sedentary behavior and prevalent diabetes in Non-Latino Whites, Non-Latino Blacks and Latinos: findings from the National Health Interview Survey | Zendy

Britta Larsen | Zendy; Lorena Martin | Zendy; David R. Strong | Zendy

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Sedentary behavior and prevalent diabetes in Non-Latino Whites, Non-Latino Blacks and Latinos: findings from the National Health Interview Survey

Author(s) -

Britta Larsen,

Lorena Martin,

David R. Strong

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdu103

Subject(s) - ethnic group , national health interview survey , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , medicine , health equity , sedentary behavior , type 2 diabetes , public health , demography , physical activity , environmental health , population , physical therapy , nursing , sociology , anthropology , endocrinology

Sedentary behavior is associated with type II diabetes, though little is known about prevalence of this behavior across racial/ethnic groups or how it may contribute to disparities in diabetes prevalence. In this study, we examined the association between sedentary behavior and diabetes in a diverse data set, and explored whether differences in sedentary behavior across racial/ethnic groups could contribute to disparities in diabetes.

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