Adopting U.S. Culture Ups Diabetes Risk in Mexican-American Kids

reports that a study conducted by the University of North Texas Health Science Center suggests that “the more that Mexican-American children adopt mainstream US culture, the greater their risk for type 2 diabetes [T2D].” The study of nearly “150 Mexican-American children from North Texas” revealed that as the youngsters “adapted to a more American way of life, their risk of diabetes increased by about 43 percent for each level of what the researchers called ‘acculturation.’” http://consumer.healthday.com/diabetes-information-10/misc-diabetes-news-181/mexican-american-children-increase-their-697577.html