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Diagnosing the Legacy : The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth.

Krotz, Larry.

Diagnosing the Legacy : The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (191 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Francis Desjarlais -- Map -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Early Alarm -- Chapter 2: The First Patients of a New Disease -- Chapter 3: Emerging Responses -- Chapter 4: Island Lake -- Chapter 5: Early Research, Innovations, and Strategies for Care -- Chapter 6: Investigation and Hypotheses -- Chapter 7: After the Deluge -- Chapter 8: Revisiting Roots -- Chapter 9: Food -- Chapter 10: Poverty and Disease -- Chapter 11: Partnerships and Participation -- Chapter 12: Hopes and Dreams -- Epilogue: Island Lake Encore -- Afterword by By Heather Dean, Jonathan McGavock, Michael Moffatt, and Elizabeth Sellers -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Indigenous youngsters from two communities in northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario were showing up not with with what looked like type 2 diabetes. Over the next few decades more children would confront what was turning into not only a medical but also a social and community challenge.

9780887555602


Type 2 diabetes-Manitoba.
Diabetes in children-Manitoba.
Indian youth-Diseases-Manitoba.


Electronic books.

RC662.18 .K768 2018

362.1964/6240097127

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