Hispanic Americans and Diabetes

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This paper examines why Hispanic-Americans have an increased likelihood to acquire diabetes. It discusses the prevalence of diabetes among Hispanic-Americans and looks at a number of risk factors, including obesity rates, lack of physical activity and increased failure to adhere to treatment regimes.

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"In 1998, of the 30 million Hispanic Americans living in the United States, approximately 1.2 million of them have been diagnosed with diabetes. Also, about 675,000 have it, but are not diagnosed. It is especially a serious health concern for Hispanic American women. However, Hispanic American children, either male or female, seem to have lower rates of Type 1 diabetes than non-Hispanic white children. Within Mexican American and Puerto Rican adults, diabetes is two or three times more common, and although it is lower within Cuban Americans, it is still significantly higher than non-Hispanic white adults. Diabetes with in the Hispanic American community presents a serious health challenge for several reasons: the increased predominance of diabetes in this population, a higher number of risk factors in Hispanics, more common incidents of complications, and the growing number of the Hispanic ethnicity in the United States."

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