Pima Indians who have adopted an “Anglo” diet are three times more likely to develop diabetes over six years than their counterparts who eat a more traditional diet, according to the results of a ...

The research identified a distinct subtype of diabetes seen in Indians who, despite low body weight, suffer from both insulin deficiency—when the pancreas produces too little insulin—and insulin ...

Diabetes is among the biggest of the 21st-century global health challenges. In the U.S. and other high-income countries, thanks to investments in science, dedication to implementing these findings, ...

The prevalence of youth-onset (i.e. at <20 years of age) type 2 diabetes has doubled, worldwide, in the past 30 years; Pima Indians from the Gila River Indian community (Arizona, US) have a ...

Since 1988, the World Health Organization has been collecting standardized information on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in adult communities worldwide. Within the ...