Prevalence of type 2 diabetes, obesity and the metabolic syndrome among Canadian First Nations children in a remote Pacific coast community.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Wahi, Gita; Zorzi, Alexandra; Macnab, Andrew; Panagiotopoulos, Constadina
- Source
- Paediatrics & Child Health; February 2009, Vol. 14 Issue: 2 p79-83, 5p
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- ISSN
- 12057088; 19181485
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) in children and adolescents is a growing public health concern. Although the prevalence of T2D in First Nations children has been documented to be as high as 1% in central Canada, no paediatric data are available for any Aboriginal community in British Columbia (BC).