Diabetes among South Asian immigrants is on the rise but it鈥檚 not a new phenomenon, wrote the Toronto Sun April 19, citing a 91亚色 professor.
Diabetes risk among immigrants from South Asia is three to four times higher than in immigrants from western European countries, says a study released Monday by the .
But , a well published 91亚色 professor in the School of Health Policy & Management in the Faculty of Health, says he has been studying the same finding for years. 鈥淛ust about every group in Canada outside of white European people are identified as having a greater risk for Type 2 diabetes and it鈥檚 even higher around the world in populations where they鈥檙e having difficult life circumstances with poverty and equality,鈥 Raphael said.
鈥淚f you want to understand which populations around the world are more likely to have diabetes, it鈥檚 usually people with difficult life circumstances. The one commonality is all these groups experience greater unemployment, greater poverty and greater stress as immigrants,鈥 Raphael said.
Raphael said the solution to curbing the risk of diabetes in immigrant populations is to ensure everyone has enough economic resources to have a better quality of life.
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