Obesity and diabetes in vulnerable populations: Reflection on proximal and distal causes

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-556

  Candib, Lucy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Family Health Center of Worcester   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Emigration and immigration; Globalization; Minority groups; Nutrition; Obesity; Poverty; Public health practice; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBANIZATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 37049009303     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.754     Document Type: Review

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