"Using published census data, metropolitan area population and employment statistics are constructed for several large Latin American cities in 1950, 1960, and 1970, and compared to similar statistics from selected North American cities. The Latin cities are experiencing decentralization of population and some decentralization of employment. Overall population density patterns of large Latin ci...

Those who have been charmed by the ambience of life in an Asian city probably felt its evocative and at times palpable connection with past traditions and history and enjoyed the sociability of its street life. They might wonder how one could sustain and even replicate the sense of place and the quality of life one experiences in such a city. The Disappearing Asian City shows that such cities f...

Does relative American decline lead to anti-Asian sentiment? In this research note, I argue that messages related the of United States heighten sentiment. National leads, argue, outgroup derogation in name in-group continuity and security. test my argument using a survey experiment 1,220 U.S. respondents. find respondents who are exposed prime describes China more likely express sentiment contr...

Hsu et al. (1) provided a comprehensive and informative overview of the existing literature pertaining to BMI, body composition differences, and type 2 diabetes prevalence and incidence in Asian Amer-ican adults. We commend the authors' excellent policy recommendation based on the data available and further applaud the American Diabetes Association for its subsequent change of the BMI cutoff fo...

Ginseng occupies a prominent position in the list of best-selling natural products worldwide. Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng) and American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) show different properties and medicinal applications in pharmacology, even though the main active constituents of them are both thought to be ginsenosides. Metabolomics is a promising method to profile entire endogenous metabolite...

OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of overweight concerns and body dissatisfaction among third-grade girls and boys and the influences of ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES). STUDY DESIGN Nine hundred sixty-nine children (mean age, 8.5 years) attending 13 northern California public elementary schools completed assessments of overweight concerns, body dissatisfaction, and desired shape, ...