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Relationships Between a Walk Test, Body Size and Metabolic Risk Among a New Zealand Māori Community
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)Aims: Programmes to prevent or delay chronic disease incorporate promotion of physical activity, particularly walking. The objective of this study was to test the associations of the ability to walk quickly with measures ... -
Mapping the Availability and Accessibility of Healthy Food in Rural and Urban New Zealand: Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)Objective Uptake of advice for lifestyle change for obesity and diabetes prevention requires access to affordable ‘healthy’ foods (high in fibre/low in sugar and fat). The present study aimed to examine the availability ... -
Optimal Waist Cutpoint for Screening for Dysglycaemia and Metabolic Risk: Evidence From a Māori Cohort
(Cambridge University Press, 2009)We sought to identify the sex-specific cut-off in waist circumference which best identifies those with metabolic abnormalities consistent with the metabolic syndrome (MS) among Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand ... -
Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, and Impaired Fasting Glucose Among Māori in Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2009)Aims To describe the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (“dysglycaemia”) among Māori. Methods Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy was a trial ... -
The New Zealand Experience in Peer Support Interventions Among People With Diabetes
(Oxford Academic, 2009)Background. Peer-to-peer support has the potential to assist people with diabetes, or at risk of diabetes. Objective. To review the development of diabetes peer support initiatives in New Zealand. Methods. A systematic ... -
Development and Piloting of a Community Health Worker-based Intervention for the Prevention of Diabetes Among New Zealand Māori in Te Wai O Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)Objective The progression from impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)/impaired fasting glucose (IFG) to type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed through intensive lifestyle changes. How to translate this to implementation ... -
Point-of-care Testing As a Tool for Screening for Diabetes and Pre-diabetes
(John Wiley & Sons, 2008)Aim To determine the utility of finger-prick point-of-care testing (POCT) of blood glucose for the detection of dysglycaemia. Methods A fasting POCT and an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with laboratory assays ... -
Low Prevalence of Retinopathy, but High Prevalence of Nephropathy Among Māori With Newly Diagnosed Diabetes - Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Elsevier, 2008)Aims/hypothesis To describe the prevalence of retinopathy and microalbuminuria at diagnosis of diabetes in a predominantly Maori study population. Methods Biomedical assessment including photographic retinal examination ... -
Supplementary Materials to Development and Piloting of a Community Health Worker-based Intervention for the Prevention of Diabetes Among New Zealand Māori in Te Wai O Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy
(Cambridge University Press, 2008)The supplementary files in this record point to Table 1 (pg. 4) of the article; Development and Piloting of a Community Health Worker-based Intervention for the Prevention of Diabetes Among New Zealand Māori in Te Wai O ...