Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Diabetes threatening extinction of this century Maori people every four indigenous one person sick

() Before the New Zealand media 14, said that, because of the New Zealand indigenous Maori increasing incidence of diabetes, health experts worry that, if no effective solution, this race might die out this century.

New Zealand the Dominion Post reported that the New Zealand Māori health Massey University Research Professor Chris · Cunningham said, the incidence of diabetes in Maori, which has reached epidemic levels. At present about 50 000 New Zealand Maori.

According to the survey, Maori death, diabetes was as high as 20%, while New Zealand other communities only about 4%. Type 2 diabetes is usually caused by obesity, cancer population concentrated in adults.

Cunningham said, because it does not meet the Western diet and lifestyle, Maori and close relatives of the Polynesian Maori people easier than the other races of diabetes. "A ' giant ' Hamburg on Maori hurt much more than white people. "He said.

"If you do not hurry up to take steps to" Australia diabetes research expert Zimmet said that "Aboriginal groups in the might of the century a large number of disappear. ”

Zimmet said that four of the indigenous people around the world in one of diabetes, the global economy and the health system caused no small influence. He also pointed out that Australia aborigines and the North American Indians and Maori and Pacific island Aboriginal ill chance.

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