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The Elevated Susceptibility to Diabetes in India: An Evolutionary Perspective

India has rapidly become a “diabetes capital” of the world, despite maintaining high rates of under-nutrition. Indians develop diabetes at younger age and at lower body weights than other populations. Here, we interpret these characteristics in terms of a “capacity–load” model of glucose homeostasis...

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Autores principales: Wells, Jonathan C. K., Pomeroy, Emma, Walimbe, Subhash R., Popkin, Barry M., Yajnik, Chittaranjan S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4935697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27458578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00145