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Diabetes May Be Even Bigger Threat Than Feared
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "This is a population that includes a lot of immigrants who are coming into a place where high calorie, simple carbohydrate diets are being provided, and much, much less physical activity than in their home countries," added Dr. Stuart Weiss, clinical assistant professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine. "If you give someone who's used to eating very few calories and doing more exercise this type of lifestyle, they're likely to gain weight and develop diabetes."
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Last updated 3/1/2007
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SOURCES: Lorraine Lipscombe, M.D., research fellow, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, and assistant professor, University of Toronto, and endocrinologist, Women's College Hospital, Toronto; Larry Deeb, M.D., president, medicine and science, American Diabetes Association; Stuart Weiss, M.D., clinical assistant professor of medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City; March 3, 2007, The Lancet
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