… Increasingly, type 2 diabetes is observed in children and adolescents.28 , 29 , 30 In the
Island Lake region of northeastern Manitoba, new cases in children as young as 8 years have …

In order to study the health status of Native Americans, the unique characteristics of this
population must be fully considered. This book provides a comprehensive review of the health of …

Objective To determine if research has adequately examined the health needs of the aboriginal
population of Canada. Design Review. Study selection Medline search of journal articles …

… Dr Kue Young, a public health physician who also has a doctorate in biological anthropology,
lends the ‘medical’ perspective, and that of contemporary epidemiology, to the book in …

Objectives. A cardiovascular health survey of a representative sample of the adult population
of Manitoba, Canada was combined with the provincial health insurance claims database …

… of burden of illness, such as the elderly, the young, and women in their reproductive period.
… The ratio of the number (or proportion) of young and elderly people in a population to all …

… A case-control study was conducted; 46 patients younger than 18 years were recruited from
the only clinical center for the treatment of diabetes serving the province of Manitoba, and 92 …

… Dr Young and Ms Woodmansee have focused our attention on dramatic data, clearly showing
the stepwise relationship between cesarean delivery and prepregnancy BMI in a largely …

… In the past decade clinicians have diagnosed this disease in Aboriginal children as young
… and macrovascular complications appearing during young adulthood. The cause of the …

The objective of this research is to identify the sociodemographic, environmental, and lifestyle
factors associated with the geographic variability of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) prevalence in …