The topic of the International Diabe-tes Federation Consensus conference, held 7–9
February 2003 in Santa Monica, California, was “Type 2 Diabetes in the Young: The …

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 …

Recent reports show strikingly high prevalence of diabetes among urban Asian Indians;
however, there are very few studies comparing urban, peri-urban and rural prevalence rates …

Objective: To investigate waist circumference (WC), waist–hip ratio, hip circumference and
body mass index (BMI) as risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal Australians …

Objectives To assess the prevalence and incidence of diabetes among Aboriginal peoples
in remote communities of the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. Design Retrospective cohort …

PURPOSE: To compare the prevalence of and risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma
(POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in urban and rural populations in the …

Objective: Gypsies (or Roma) recently experienced a transition from a traditional to a
Westernized lifestyle. Although mortality in this population is 4-fold higher compared with …

Objective To review the literature on nutrition interventions and identify which work to
improve diet-related and health outcomes in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander …

Objective: To describe the lifestyle‐related chronic disease and risk factor prevalence
among Torres Strait Islander people of the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Health …

Objective: To describe the levels of inflammation and vascular endothelial activation in an
Aboriginal community, and the relationship of these factors to coronary heart disease (CHD) …