Collaborative research and actions on both sides of the US-Mexico border to counteract type 2 diabetes in people of Mexican origin

• Main Authors: Simón Barquera (Author), Dean Schillinger (Author), Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas (Author), Marc Schenker (Author), Luis A. Rodríguez (Author), Cesar Hernández-Alcaraz (Author), Jaime Sepúlveda-Amor (Author), Mexico-California Diabetes collaborative group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is now a massive epidemic in both California and Mexico, with serious consequences for social and economic well-being. A large proportion of these populations share common ethnic backgrounds. Yet diverse environmental and social conditions across regions cre...