Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 305-309 , April 2001

Low prevalence of type 2 diabetes despite a high average body mass index in the aymara natives from chile

  • José Luis Santos, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: José Luis Santos, PhD, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Macul 5540, Comuna de Macul, Casilla 138/11, Santiago, Chile
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  • Francisco Pérez-Bravo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Elena Carrasco, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Marcelo Calvillán, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Diabetes, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Cecilia Albala, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

,Accepted 13 October 2000.

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☆ This study was supported by FONDECYT 1960395 and the Bristol Myers/Squibb/Mead Johnson-Unrestricted Nutrition Grant Program.

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Nutrition
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