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Diagnosing the Legacy : The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth.

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Indigenous youngsters from two communities in northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario were showing up not with with what looked like type 2 diabetes. Over the next few decades more children would confront what was turning into not only a medical but also a social and community challenge.

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Author / Creator: Krotz, Larry.
Other Authors / Creators:Desjarlais, Frances.
Dean, Heather.
McGavock, Jonathan.
Moffatt, Michael.
Sellers, Elizabeth.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes-Manitoba.
Diabetes in children-Manitoba.
Indian youth-Diseases-Manitoba.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword by Francis Desjarlais
  • Map
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Early Alarm
  • Chapter 2: The First Patients of a New Disease
  • Chapter 3: Emerging Responses
  • Chapter 4: Island Lake
  • Chapter 5: Early Research, Innovations, and Strategies for Care
  • Chapter 6: Investigation and Hypotheses
  • Chapter 7: After the Deluge
  • Chapter 8: Revisiting Roots
  • Chapter 9: Food
  • Chapter 10: Poverty and Disease
  • Chapter 11: Partnerships and Participation
  • Chapter 12: Hopes and Dreams
  • Epilogue: Island Lake Encore
  • Afterword by By Heather Dean, Jonathan McGavock, Michael Moffatt, and Elizabeth Sellers
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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