Environmentally Driven Increases in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity in Pima Indians and Non-Pimas in Mexico Over a 15-Year Period: The Maycoba Project | Zendy

Julián EsparzaRomero | Zendy; Mauro E. Valencia | Zendy; René Urquídez-Romero | Zendy; Lisa S. Chaudhari | Zendy; Robert L. Hanson | Zendy; William C. Knowler | Zendy; Éric Ravussin | Zendy; Peter H. Bennett | Zendy; Leslie O. Schulz | Zendy

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Environmentally Driven Increases in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity in Pima Indians and Non-Pimas in Mexico Over a 15-Year Period: The Maycoba Project

Author(s) -

Julián EsparzaRomero,

Mauro E. Valencia,

René Urquídez-Romero,

Lisa S. Chaudhari,

Robert L. Hanson,

William C. Knowler,

Éric Ravussin,

Peter H. Bennett,

Leslie O. Schulz

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc15-0089

Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , demography , impaired glucose tolerance , genetic predisposition , gerontology , endocrinology , disease , sociology

The global epidemics of type 2 diabetes and obesity have been attributed to the interaction between lifestyle changes and genetic predisposition to these diseases. We compared the prevalences of type 2 diabetes and obesity in Mexican Pima Indians, presumed to have a high genetic predisposition to these diseases, to those in their non-Pima neighbors, both of whom over a 15-year period experienced a transition from a traditional to a more modern lifestyle.

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