Browsing Nutrition & Food Science Theses and Dissertations by Subject "African American"
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Is a new waist circumference and BMI needed for African Americans for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome?
(2012)African Americans are noted as having a low prevalence metabolic syndrome (MetS), which is partly attributed to a reported use of MetS criteria, such as waist circumference that is not appropriate for this population group. ... -
The Relationship of Low Birth Weight and Current Obesity to Diabetes in African-American Women
(2007-04-26)Aims: (1) To test the fetal origins of chronic disease by examining birth weight, current obesity, and odds of developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in African-American women 38-57 years. (2) To assess birth weight and obesity ...