Posted on 07/21/2008 12:45:46 PM PDT by neverdem
Diabetes strikes harder at those who were poor as children, according to a new 30-year study.
Participants who were disadvantaged in youth were more likely to develop diabetes than better-off peers were during the 34-year time frame of the study.
"Our study, among others, shows a strong, persistent effect of childhood socioeconomic position on the development of diabetes in adulthood, even after taking later-life socioeconomic position into account," said Siobhan Maty, an epidemiologist at the Portland State University School of Community Health in Oregon.
Researchers examined health records and studies from 1965 to 1999 of about 5,900 people. Of the people who developed diabetes, 65 percent were from poor households, regardless of their economic conditions later in life. Also, 54 percent of those who developed diabetes were women.
The findings show the link between poverty and diabetes, says Adam Drewnowski, of the University of Washington Center for Obesity Research.
"The fight against obesity and the eradication of poverty are, in fact, one and the same," he said. "It is difficult to design effective weight control strategies without taking the root causes of obesity and diabetes into account."...
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
Thanks. I guess I am a little cranky today. :)
FR is such a special place for conservatives, I get a little overprotective sometimes.
Once again, welcome.
I like it so far! I haven’t seen a collection of articles anywhere else like it.
Aren’t we ALL tight on money these days? As for the garden, it’s a good thing my husband and daughter are also enthusiastic about it, as it has been in their care for close to a week now as I have been abit under the weather.
I too am thankful for the large space for a garden, but then I also used to do plenty when I only had a postage stamp townhouse lot.
No one has to live on starches, but I can understand why so many do, and it is not always due to laziness or even poverty, but a lack of know-how. I am thankful I have a high metabolism rate because if I didn’t I would no doubt be a candidate for diabetes because of my mother’s cooking — or lack of.
Hamburger helper and tuna helper or mac and cheese and pizza and pasta were mainstays for dinner in my house when I was young unless my dad was home for dinner (he worked shifts) or we went to my grandmother’s. With a bit of help from dad, and being in my grandmother’s kitchen all summer I had taken over much of the cooking in high school, and then all of it when I was in Tech School.
One of the common themes in conversations after I had moved out, and to another state, was about my cooking. So invariably when I would go back for a weekend visit, I did all the cooking! She never could comprehend why a 2 person household needed a 25cf freezer or why I would want to teach myself canning. She also couldn’t comprehend why I would want to have 2 acres in the middle of an agriculture area.
She is probably turning in her grave knowing I actually have a roadside produce stand and sell homemade jelly. Girls raised in NYC just DON’T do things like that. LOL!!!
You have the best stories! Hamburger Helper was a staple in my childhood, as well. Yum-yum! :)
I’m sorry to hear you’re not feeling your finest.
I’ll keep you in my prayers tonight. I just turned 48 last month, and Lord knows we could all use a few. Take care Gabz, and put your feet up.
Hamburger Helper will never see the inside of my kitchen!!!!!
I turn 48 in September, so I know where you are coming from, but extra prayers are always welcome!
We will all be equal when we are all poor. Communism kills, I don’t see why people cannot get that throught their thick skulls.
LOL! I also turn 48 in Sept! Seems to be a lot of us born in 1960. :)
Weird. Me too. 48, September.
Happy Birthday to thee
Happy Birthday to thee
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to us three!!!!!!!!
You evil person. You know very well that the solution for this is a new social program wherein all poor children are hand-fed quality food until their 21st birthday by unionized federal employees.
/Democrat
Yup! Evil, that’s me! LOL
I disagree. A study of poor Southern rural blacks diets several years ago revealed a startling discovery. The diet of the poor blacks was actually higher in nutrition and lower in overly processed foods than that of the so-called “rich”. The working poor, who don’t use food stamps, buy less junk food than the inner city welfare moms. In the US, the poorest people, i.e. those living exclusively off Uncle Sam, tend to be the most overweight.
The St Louis Dispatch story mentions obesity and diabetes in later life, not as a youth. The title of the original article is in comment# 1. It mentions type 2.
FReepmail me if you want on or off the diabetes ping list.
Enter Volek js, Feinman rd into PubMed's query box, and you'll do an author search for the authors who wrote, "Carbohydrate restriction improves the features of Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome may be defined by the response to carbohydrate restriction."
They have seven newer citations including three more open access articles. This last link goes to a very interesting abstract.
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