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Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in South Asians
Obesity and the metabolic syndromeObesityand metabolic syndromeMetabolic syndrome (MetS) are chronic conditions resulting from biological,...
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Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in South Asians
Obesity and the metabolic syndromeObesityand metabolic syndromeMetabolic syndrome (MetS) are chronic conditions resulting from biological,...
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Culturally Tailored Strategies to Enhance Type 2 Diabetes Care for South Asians in the United States
South Asian immigrants in the United States face an elevated risk of develo** type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This phenomenon has been linked to lifestyle...
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Adipose tissue-derived metabolite risk scores and risk for type 2 diabetes in South Asians
BackgroundSouth Asians are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) than many other race/ethnic groups. Ectopic adiposity, specifically hepatic...
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Why Is Religious Attendance Linked to More Anxiety in U.S. South Asians? The Mediating Role of Congregational Neglect
ObjectivesPrevious research has identified a positive association between religious attendance and anxiety in U.S. South Asians. The current study...
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Diabetes Prevention Amongst South Asians: Current Evidence, Challenges, and a Way Forward
ObjectivesThis review summarizes the burden and emerging risks of type-2 diabetes and prediabetes in South Asian populations and reviews recent...
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Performance of the pooled cohort equation in South Asians: insights from a large integrated healthcare delivery system
South Asian ethnicity is associated with increased atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk and has been identified as a “risk enhancer”...
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Monogenic Diabetes Reported in South Asians: A Systematic Review
Monogenic diabetes refers to a group of single gene disorders of insulin secretion impairment resulting in diabetes. We selected two of the commonest...
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Health Implications of Racialized State Violence Against South Asians in the USA
South Asians, one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the USA today, trace their roots to countries in the Indian subcontinent (e.g., Bangladesh,...
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Heart health for South Asians: improved cardiovascular risk factors with a culturally tailored health education program
Background/AimThe Kaiser Permanente (KP) Northern California Heart Health for South Asians (HHSA) Program is a two-hour educational class that...
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Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Tirzepatide in Asians and Non-Asians with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
IntroductionTirzepatide is a novel hypoglycemic agent for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the pathophysiology of T2DM in Asians is...
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Ethnic differences between South Asians and White Caucasians in cardiovascular disease-related mortality in developed countries: a systematic literature review
BackgroundCardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with significantly worse mortality-related outcomes in ethnic minorities in...
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A study on why foreign-born East Asians but not US-born East Asians are underrepresented in leadership attainment in the U.S.
A recent study investigated the impact of culture of Asian groups on leadership attainment in the U.S. It revealed that East Asians (EAs) are less...
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Perceptions of Sun Protection, Skin Tone, Colorism, and Dermatologic Care Among South Asians in the USA
South Asians (SAs) are among the fastest growing populations in the USA. Colorism — the system of inequality that views lighter skin as more...
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Disparity in association of obesity measures with ankle and brachial systolic blood pressures in Europeans and South Asians
Obesity causes increases in brachial systolic-blood-pressures (SBP), risks of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Brachial and...
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The Arrival of Arabs and Asians in Kenya
Kenya is a multi-cultural state with three races and over forty-two African ethnic groups. The races are European, Asian/Arab and African. Asians and...
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Representing Brown Britain: A Review of South Asians in British Comedy
Comedians can push those boundaries and make people think again about race, religion, sexism or whatever subject matter they choose to...
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Diabetes and hypertension among South Asians in New York and Atlanta leveraging hospital electronic health records
BackgroundDiabetes and hypertension disparities are pronounced among South Asians. There is regional variation in the prevalence of diabetes and...
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‘But you’re ok…’ British South Asians and Regulatory Barriers to Participation in Sport
This chapter employs ethnographical research to examine the regulatory barriers to participation in the particular context of British South Asian...
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“If it all goes digital, we’ll have to learn”: facilitators and barriers to uptake of digital health in British South Asians with cardiometabolic disease
BackgroundAlthough availability and utilisation of digital health interventions (DHIs) for management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease...
