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    Smaller size of high metabolic rate organs explains lower resting energy expenditure in Asian-Indian Than Chinese men

    In Singapore, the obesity prevalence is disproportionately higher in the Asian-Indians and Malays than the Chinese. Lower resting energy expenditure (REE) may be a contributory factor.

    L L T Song, K Venkataraman, P Gluckman, Y S Chong in International Journal of Obesity (2016)

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    Ethnic differences in insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function among Asian men

    Lean Asian Indians are less insulin sensitive compared with Chinese and Malays, but the pancreatic beta-cell function among these ethnic groups has yet to be studied in depth. We aimed to study beta-cell funct...

    V M H Tan, Y S Lee, K Venkataraman, E Y H Khoo, E S Tai, Y S Chong in Nutrition & Diabetes (2015)