This article examines attitudes towards mainstream society among Caribbeans and South Asians in Britain. Conventional wisdom predicts that Caribbeans should be more likely than South Asians to have positive attitudes towards British society, in part because Caribbeans are more socially and culturally assimilated. In addition, much of the current debate around ethnic minority alienation in Brita...

Incretin hormones, such as glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1, are secreted on oral nutrient ingestion and regulate postprandial glucose homeostasis by conveying the signal of intestinal glucose flux. In East Asians, the secretion of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 is not reduced in type 2 diabetes relative to normal...

BACKGROUND Although short sleep is associated with an increased risk of morbidity as well as mortality and has been shown to vary by industry of employment and occupation, little is known about the relationship between work and sleep among Asian Americans. METHODS Using a nationally representative sample of US adults (n = 125,610) in the National Health Interview Survey from 2004-2011, we est...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is disproportionately high among British South Asians compared to the general UK population. Whilst the migrant British South Asians group has received most attention on research related to diabetes management, little consideration has been given to impact of travel back to the East. This study aimed to explore the role of social networks and beliefs about diabetes in Britis...

BACKGROUND Studies of racial/ethnic variations in stroke rarely consider the South Asian population, one of the fastest growing sub-groups in the United States. This study compared risk factors for stroke among South Asians with those for whites, African-Americans, and Hispanics. METHODS Data on 3290 stroke patients were analyzed to examine risk differences among the four racial/ethnic groups...

CONTEXT South Asians have high rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at younger ages compared with individuals from other countries but the reasons for this are unclear. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of risk factors for AMI in native South Asians, especially at younger ages, compared with individuals from other countries. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Standardized case-cont...

BACKGROUND We have recently shown that biomarker levels of selected metals are higher in Asians than in other U.S. ethnic groups, with important differences within selected Asian subgroups. Much of this difference may be dietary in origin; however, this is not well established. OBJECTIVE We evaluated dietary intake of toxic metals as a source of increased biomarker levels of metals among U.S....

BACKGROUND South Asians are some of the least active people in the UK, but we know very little about how physical activity varies within and between different UK South Asian groups. There is much socio-economic and cultural heterogeneity among UK Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, and the same approaches to increasing physical activity may not be appropriate for all people of these ethnic gr...

A substantial body of evidence has documented the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among people of SouthAsian descent, defined on the basis of ancestral origin from the Indian subcontinent comprised of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (1–7). These observations relate to both native South Asians in urban settings and those living overseas in different...