Indian immigrant males have four times the risk of premature heart disease as compared to Framingham, despite having lower rates of hypertension, smoking, and high cholesterol, and often following a vegetarian diet.
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Thirty South Asian women, all recent immigrants to the U.S., attend workouts as part of a Northwestern University study. The research aims to find interventions to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
In what could hold important lessons for bringing down diabetes prevalence in India, a study published recently shows that Indians in America have been able to delay or prevent the disease largely through healthy lifestyle modifications.
South Asians represent a quarter of the world’s population and are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. Given this, South Asians account for a striking number – 60% – of the world’s heart disease patients.