Now York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey A model for urban health surveillance

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Peter Wilson, Emory University; Kabayam Venkat Narayan, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: AMER DIABETES ASSOC
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2009, American Diabetes Association
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc08-1807
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: DIABETES CARE
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 204
• End Page: 205
• Keywords: CARE; NATIONAL-HEALTH; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Science & Technology; US ADULTS; IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE; PREVALENCE; UNITED-STATES; DISEASE; Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Nutrition; Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

Thorpe et al. (1) are to be commended for undertaking a comprehensive evaluation of glycemic status in adults from New York City. Their article represents the efforts of a health and nutrition survey within a large metropolitan area, the New York City (NYC) Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES), and provides very useful information concerning the prevalence of hyperglycemia and control of diabetes in an urban setting. Such efforts have been undertaken in the U.S. by way of national surveys of the populace in terms of lifestyle behaviors and risk factor levels over several decades (2–4), but a survey that used population-based methods in a single city is new, provides valuable information, and may well serve as a model for the future.