The Evolving Diabetes Epidemic among Canada’s First Nations:

Diabetes and Blindness

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Diabetes:
Scope of the problem

Prevalence of self-reported diabetes: First Nations vs Canada

Trend in diagnosed diabetes among Manitoba First Nations

Natural history of diabetes

Risk factors for diabetes

Healthy weight checks in a nursing station, Manitoba

Prevalence of obesity/overweight (BMI)

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Regional variation – clue to environmental influences?

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Type-2 diabetes becoming a pediatric problem

New cases of type-2 diabetes diagnosed among Manitoba Aboriginal
children and youth

"Serious consequences:"

Diabetic retinopathy

Studies among James Bay Cree (ON)

Where do we go
from here ?

Primary Prevention Projects in Aboriginal Communities

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