Highlights the high prevalence of diabetes in nonobese Filipina-American women, emphasizing that traditional Western obesity standards may miss at-risk ethnic groups.
A total of 10% of Filipinas with diabetes were obese, compared with one third of Caucasians with diabetes. The finding of a high prevalence of diabetes in an unstudied nonobese ethnic group reinforces the importance of expanding the study of diabetes to diverse populations. The high prevalence of diabetes in populations who are not of Northern European ancestry may be missed when they are not obese by Western standards.
Araneta et al. (Fri,) studied this question.