OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review of the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and
impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in aboriginal populations worldwide. RESEARCH DESIGN …

AIMS: To perform a systematic review of the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose
tolerance (IGT) in Indigenous Australians in order to clarify overall patterns, by determinants …

Diet composition and food choice are not only central to the daily lives of all living people,
but are consistently linked with turning points in human evolutionary history. As such …

'An excellent introduction to the theory and practice of health promotion in a developed
country such as Australia'From the foreword by Professor Brian OldenburgThis widely used …

Objective To examine the prevalence of dementia and problems associated with ageing in
the Torres Strait. Methods The study was conducted across all 18 island and 5 mainland …

Purpose: To review the epidemiology of serious ocular trauma presenting to Cairns Base
Hospital, from the far north Queensland health districts. Methods: A retrospective study of …

Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with chronic hepatitis B
virus (HBV) infection have a significant burden of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The …

Abstract Problem: Inhabitants of Torres Strait Islands have the highest prevalence of
diabetes in Australia and many preventable complications. In 1999, a one year randomised …

AIMS: To compare the predictive power of anthropometric indices (BMI, waist circumference
(WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHpR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)) for diabetes, hypertension …

OBJECTIVES: Indigenous people of the Torres Strait (Australia) have greater potential for
cadmium exposure and renal damage than other Australians due to high cadmium in some …