The incidence of type 1 diabetes in children in India and Pakistan is remarkably low. However, south Asian children resident in the UK have a rising incidence of type 1 diabetes, approaching that of the indigenous population. There is particular concern about the emergence of type 2 diabetes in children, and the consequent morbidity and mortality. 5 South Asian children are particularly at risk...

Gurinder Chadha and Mira Nair’s films define diaspora as a diaspora space where women are portrayed as change agents. This paper explores how Chadha and Nair provide a different representation and possibilities for South Asian women in the diaspora in the description of arranged marriages and interracial love relationships so that they present pioneering female characters that subvert orientali...

The incidence of type 1 diabetes in children in India and Pakistan is remarkably low. However, south Asian children resident in the UK have a rising incidence of type 1 diabetes, approaching that of the indigenous population. There is particular concern about the emergence of type 2 diabetes in children, and the consequent morbidity and mortality. 5 South Asian children are particularly at risk...

As the most preventable cause of death in the world today, understanding tobacco use among one of the fastest growing ethnic/racial groups is warranted. We explore cigarette and smokeless tobacco (SLT) use among South Asians in NJ and the Northeast using the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. Overall, tobacco use rates among South Asians were similar or lower than the popu...

OBJECTIVES To explore experiences of UK-based South Asian and White patients with diabetes in relation to their support systems for and barriers to diabetes management. DESIGN Qualitative study (semistructured interviews analysed using a form of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). PARTICIPANTS 20 outpatients with diabetes (12 British South Asians and 8 British Whites) with either goo...

OBJECTIVE To explore reasons for increased risk of hospital admission among south Asian patients with asthma. DESIGN Qualitative interview study using modified critical incident technique and framework analysis. SETTING Newham, east London, a deprived area with a large mixed south Asian population. PARTICIPANTS 58 south Asian and white adults with asthma (49 admitted to hospital with asth...

Individuals of South Asian origin are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes; the relationship between this risk and diet remains to be investigated fully. Furthermore, fruit and vegetable intake remains low throughout the world and previous data suggest that intake is associated with risk of diabetes. The aim of this research study was to compare plasma vitamin C concentrations, measured a...

The Asian summer monsoon affects more than sixty percent of the world's population; understanding its controlling factors is becoming increasingly important due to the expanding human influence on the environment and climate and the need to adapt to global climate change. Various mechanisms have been suggested; however, an overarching paradigm delineating the dominant factors for its generation...

BACKGROUND Moderate physical activity is protective against coronary heart disease (CHD) and diabetes, both important public health problems among UK South Asian (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi) ethnic groups. We assessed the evidence that physical activity is lower in South Asian groups than in the general population. METHODS We carried out a systematic literature review of studies descri...

PURPOSE To assess the range of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in a healthy group of young adults of South Asian origin; to investigate whether any dietary factors or personal characteristics were related to intersubject variations in MPOD; and to compare the mean MPOD of the South Asian group with the mean MPOD of a white group. METHODS Heterochromatic flicker photometry was used to m...