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Review Of The Social And Emotional Wellbeing Of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Darren Garvey
Review Of The Social And Emotional Wellbeing Of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Darren Garvey
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The first case of diabetes among Indigenous people was recorded in Adelaide in 1923. Records prior to this time showed that Indigenous people were fit, lean, and did not suffer from any form of metabolic condition, which were largely believed to be a characteristic of European populations. The earliest detailed studies investigating the development of diabetes in Indigenous populations were not undertaken, however, until the early 1960s. These and subsequent studies found a significant correlation between the development of a ‘westernised’ lifestyle and the levels of type 2 diabetes in the Indigenous population.
Since that time, type 2 diabetes has …