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Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes - Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide (Paperback)
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Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes - Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide (Paperback)
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In people with South Asian ancestry, the cardiovascular diseases of
stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and type 2
diabetes mellitus (DM2) is pandemic. As South Asians comprise about
25% of the world's population their high susceptibility is of
global public health and clinical importance. Eluding researchers
across the globe, this phenomenon continues to be a subject of
intensive enquiry. As Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations
Secretary-General, points out, the epidemics of chronic diseases,
which he describes as a public health emergency in slow motion, can
be restrained but not stopped. With a focus on the global South
Asian population, Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes:
Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide is a critical
review of current literature investigating the increase in cases of
CVD and DM2, and the data underpinning them. The book argues that
the high risk of CVD and DM2 in urbanised South Asians is not
inevitable, genetic, or programmed in a fixed way. Rather, exposure
to risk factors in childhood, adolescence, and most particularly in
adulthood, is the key to unravelling its cause. Drawing on current
scientific literature and discussions with 22 international
scholars, the book presents a unique synthesis of theory, research,
and public health practice under one cover - from tissue research
to human intervention trials. It also addresses the challenge many
health professionals face in developing countries: to produce
focused, low cost and effective actions for combating CVD and DM2.
The lessons contained within will have ramifications in healthcare
across the globe Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes:
Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide is ideal for
scholars, researchers and health practitioners working towards
understanding and preventing the epidemics of these modern chronic
diseases across the world.
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