BACKGROUND Although Japanese-Americans and native Japanese share the same genetic predispositions, they live different lifestyles, resulting in insulin resistance in Japanese-Americans. We investigated whether the quantitative and qualitative changes in adiponectin (APN) due to differences in lifestyle contribute to the development of insulin resistance. METHODS We evaluated 325 native Japane...

Cardiovascular event rates are much lower in China compared with developed countries. "Westernization" of diet and lifestyle in the Chinese, however, may lead to an increased prevalence of atherosclerosis-related diseases. Because carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, we examined IMT and vascular risk profile in community-based groups of rural Chinese,...

BACKGROUND Worldwide breast cancer incidence correlates with socioeconomic status and increases in parallel with westernization, however urban-rural disparity and trends have not been adequately investigated in China. METHODS The age standardized rate (ASR) of female breast cancer by population-based cancer registration was compared between urban Shijiazhuang city and rural Shexian County in ...

The main aim of this study was to test the feasibility an adapted version Body Project for young Saudi women as their eating and body issues are comparable western culture linked internalization westernization. also aims assess predictors attrition preliminary effectiveness. intervention local in collaboration with a co-director Collaborative. 48 undergraduate females were recruited, mean age 1...

Governments hiding facts and truth from the public seems to have become a common phenomenon, especially during social crisis in China. The practice of using various media express dissent opinions, overcome government censorship, appears contribute freedom speech. Inspired by widespread online articles COVID-19 pandemic 2020, this paper argues that flaws logic are dualism, which digital created ...

Atherosclerotic vascular disease is the cause of heart attacks, stroke, aortic aneurysms, and peripheral vascular disease, which together represent the most frequent causes of death in the industrialized world. Indeed, the aging of the population and the 'westernization' of world diet is predicted to increase the impact of atherosclerosis worldwide over the next few decades despite continuing a...

Consideration is given to the idea that the nutritional epidemiology of cancer is dead, as some in the media have claimed. The basis for the claim does not lie in science nor has anyone with relevant knowledge made such a statement-although that, too, has been claimed. Evidence is adduced for the importance of past achievements of nutritional epidemiology. Attention is similarly drawn to recent...