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Sweetened syndemics: diabetes, obesity, and politics in Puerto Rico

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Published in 2020 at "Journal of Public Health"

DOI: 10.1007/s10389-020-01345-5

Abstract: Obesity is prevalent in Puerto Rico due to intersecting structural inequalities such as poverty and unemployment. At the same time, type 2 diabetes mellitus is also highly prevalent on the island due to similar structural… read more here.

Keywords: sweetened syndemics; syndemic puerto; rico; obesity ... See more keywords