Type 2 diabetes is a major UK public health priority. Among minority ethnic communities, the
prevalence is alarmingly high, approximately three to five times higher than in the white …

Obesity prevalence in black/A frican A merican children and adults of both sexes is high
overall and compared with US whites. What we know, and do not know, about how to …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the highest projected rates of increase
in type 2 diabetes (129% by 2045), which will exacerbate the already high prevalence of …

Type two diabetes (T2D) is a challenging metabolic disorder for which a cure has not yet
been found. Its etiology is associated with several phenomena, including significant loss of …

African Americans have disproportionately high rates of stress‐related conditions, including
diabetes and diabetes‐related morbidity. Psychological stress may negatively influence …

Background Because residents of the southeastern United States experience
disproportionally high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it is important to develop …

Wide-reaching health promotion interventions are needed in influential, accessible
community settings to address African American (AA) diabetes and CVD disparities. Most …

African Americans (AAs) bear a disproportionate burden of the obesity epidemic, yet have
historically been underrepresented in weight loss research. We conducted a narrative …

Introduction The associations of modifiable lifestyle risk factors with incident diabetes are not
well investigated in African Americans (AAs). This study investigated the association of …

Objective To develop and test a family‐centered behavioral weight loss intervention for
African American adults with type 2 diabetes. Methods In this randomized trial, dyads …