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Ethnicity and Syndrome X
"The syndrome X or metabolic syndrome may be defined as a constellation of several interrelated risk factors of metabolic origin which includes centrally distributed obesity, decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol, elevated triglycerides, elevated blood pressure and hyperglycemia. Perso...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated,
2020.
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| Colección: | Endocrinology research and clinical developments.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Ethnicity and Syndrome X
- Introduction
- Communicable Diseases to Non-Communicable Diseases: The Paradigm Shift
- Modernization vis-à-vis Urbanization
- Rapid Change in Dietary Habits (The Nutrition Transition)
- Reduced Physical Activity
- Growing Public Health Burden across the Globe
- Transition in Developing Countries
- Thrifty Genotype/Thrifty Phenotype Hypotheses
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2
- Transnational Migration as a Risk Factor for Syndrome X
- Introduction
- Definition of Syndrome X
- Obesity, Diabetes Type II and Hypertension
- Syndrome X
- A Disease of Poverty?
- Risk Factor Migration
- Migration and Health
- Migration and Non-Communicable Diseases
- Obesity among Migrants
- Diabetes among Migrants
- Hypertension among Migrants
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3
- Ethnic Diversities and Risk Factors with Syndrome X in South Africa
- Introduction
- Syndrome X
- Hypertension
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4
- A Comparative Study on Nutritional Status among Tribal and Non-Tribal Mothers in Rajshahi District Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Material and Methods
- Study Design and Population
- Sample Size Determination
- Data Collection
- Sample Procedures
- Outcome Variables
- Independent Variables
- Questionnaire
- Statistical Analysis
- Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate
- Results
- Discussion
- Strength of the Study
- Limitation of the Study
- Conclusion
- Competing Interests
- Funding Source
- Authors' Contributions
- Acknowledgments
- Metabolic Syndrome among Indian Females: A Review
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7
- Prevalence of Undernutrition, Obesity and Hypertension among Adult Shabars and Mahalis of Bankura District of West Bengal, India
- Introduction
- Methods and Materials
- Study Area
- The Participants
- Anthropometric Measurements
- Assessment of Nutritional Status
- Statistical Analysis
- Results and Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- Conflicts of Interest
- References
- Chapter 8