United States: The Relevancy Of Community-Based Methods: Using Diet Within Native American And Alaska Native Adult Populations As An Example

United States: The Relevancy Of Community-Based Methods: Using Diet Within Native American And Alaska Native Adult Populations As An Example   Marie K. Fialkowski, Titilayo A. Okoror, and Carol J. Boushey, 2012   The rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease in Native Americans and Alaska Natives far exceed that of the general US population. There are many postulating reasons for these excessive rates including the transition from a traditional to a contemporary diet. Although...

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