Abstract
Diabetes Mellitus is a condition of particular importance to the Maltese population. Currently 16.7% of the Maltese population is living with diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance. A cultural and historical evaluation of this area-restricted archipelago population has suggested that the associated high prevalence of diabetes may be the result of the Baker-Pederson hypothesis cycles following an original adaptation to a thrifty near starvation diet.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 25-29 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism |
| Volume | 20 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |
Keywords
- Diabetes Mellitus
- culture
- Malta
- thrifty diet phenotype