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INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE DIABETES RISK IN JAPANESE AMERICANS

$0M01FY2000RRNIH

University Of Washington, Seattle WA

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Abstract

To demonstrate that endurance type physical activity and reduction in dietary animal fat by Japanese Americans with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) will result in a reduction of risk factors associated with progression to NIDDM. 80 subjects with IGT baseline and follow-up body composition, body fat distri-bution, insulin sensitivity and beta cell function, as well as selected lipid and lipoprotein measurements associated with the insulin resistance syndrome.

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