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Diabetes in Normal-Weight Individuals: High Susceptibility in Nonwhite Populations

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  • 05/15/2025
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    Unjali Gujral, Emory UniversityKabayam Venkat Narayan, Emory University
Language
  • English
Date
  • 2019-12-01
Publisher
  • AMER DIABETES ASSOC
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  • © 2019 by the American Diabetes Association.
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Volume
  • 42
Issue
  • 12
Start Page
  • 2164
End Page
  • 2166
Grant/Funding Information
  • U.P.G. and K.M.V.N. are supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under award number P30DK111024. K.M.V.N. is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01HL125442.
Abstract
  • Type 2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases of our time. There are an estimated 425 million people with diabetes worldwide, and 625 million people are projected to have the disease by 2045 (1). Over the next three decades, the largest increases in diabetes prevalence and overall numbers of people with the disease are expected to occur in low- and middle-income countries and among nonwhite ethnic minorities living in high-income nations (1). Overweight and obesity are well-established risk factors for diabetes; however, evidence suggests that the relationship between body weight and diabetes risk may differ by race/ethnicity (2–4), which has implications for the prevention, screening, and treatment of individuals who develop diabetes with a BMI below the overweight or obesity range.
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  • Health Sciences, Public Health

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