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Obesity And Diabetes In Vulnerable Populations: Reflection On Proximal And Distal Causes, Lucy M. Candib Nov 2007

Obesity And Diabetes In Vulnerable Populations: Reflection On Proximal And Distal Causes, Lucy M. Candib

Lucy M. Candib

Around the world obesity and diabetes are climbing to epidemic proportion, even in countries previously characterized by scarcity. Likewise, people from low-income and minority communities, as well as immigrants from the developing world, increasingly visit physicians in North America with obesity, metabolic syndrome, or diabetes. Explanations limited to lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise are inadequate to explain the universality of what can be called a syndemic, a complex and widespread phenomenon in population health produced by multiple reinforcing conditions. Underlying the problem are complex factors-genetic, physiological, psychological, familial, social, economic, and political-coalescing to overdetermine these conditions. These interacting …


Insights From The 2007 Disease Management Colloquium., David B Nash, Tine Hansen-Turton, Tracey Moorhead, Harry Leider, Donald F Wilson Aug 2007

Insights From The 2007 Disease Management Colloquium., David B Nash, Tine Hansen-Turton, Tracey Moorhead, Harry Leider, Donald F Wilson

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

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Chronic Care At The Crossroads: Exploring Solutions For Chronic Care Management. Report On The Us Summit., Janice L Clarke Jan 2007

Chronic Care At The Crossroads: Exploring Solutions For Chronic Care Management. Report On The Us Summit., Janice L Clarke

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

Report on the US Summit