Diabetes Among Minorities

Roberta R. Martine

ISBN 10: 3639660986 / ISBN 13: 9783639660982

Published by Scholars' Press Jul 2014, 2014

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Insulin resistance is the first stage in the development of diabetes. This study attempted to determine whether the physical fitness acquired through on-the-job physical activity influences whether an individual becomes insulin resistant and exhibits high fasting insulin levels. The biomarkers of adiponectin and apoB were also studied. The study suggests that a meatpacker's adiponectin level is directly related to his level of physical fitness. Similarly, the study has shown, that fasting insulin, and therefore, insulin resistance, is inversely related to the meatpacker's level of physical fitness. For the studied population of male Hispanic meatpackers in Dodge City, Kansas, there seems to be no relationship with physical fitness and his apoB level. The study did not directly establish that the physical fitness exhibited by the studied meatpackers was a result of on-the-job activity. Physical fitness, as measured by this study, was shown to be related to the meatpacker's BMI, age, and HDL. The meatpacker's job category and the minutes he exercised outside of work each week were not shown to be statistically related to his physical fitness measurements.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 220 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diabetes Among Minorities
• Publisher: Scholars' Press Jul 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639660986
• ISBN 13: 9783639660982
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 14D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 346 grams

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Synopsis

Insulin resistance is the first stage in the development of diabetes. This study attempted to determine whether the physical fitness acquired through on-the-job physical activity influences whether an individual becomes insulin resistant and exhibits high fasting insulin levels. The biomarkers of adiponectin and apoB were also studied. The study suggests that a meatpacker’s adiponectin level is directly related to his level of physical fitness. Similarly, the study has shown, that fasting insulin, and therefore, insulin resistance, is inversely related to the meatpacker’s level of physical fitness. For the studied population of male Hispanic meatpackers in Dodge City, Kansas, there seems to be no relationship with physical fitness and his apoB level. The study did not directly establish that the physical fitness exhibited by the studied meatpackers was a result of on-the-job activity. Physical fitness, as measured by this study, was shown to be related to the meatpacker’s BMI, age, and HDL. The meatpacker’s job category and the minutes he exercised outside of work each week were not shown to be statistically related to his physical fitness measurements.

About the Author

Roberta Martine completed her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, specializing in biological anthropology. She is currently a lecturer at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, and has been a visiting professor at Northwest University of Nationalities, Lanzhou, China, in the endocrinology department.