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Type 2 diabetes is increasing globally. However, those from South Asian and Black ethnic descent are more susceptible to the disease compared to those from European White descent. The reasons for this disparity are unknown. Lifestyle behaviours like low physical activity and sedentary behaviour are shown to be risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes. This link has been found in predominantly White ethnic groups. This study aims to examine whether the varying magnitude time spent watching television and physical activity contribute to the high risk of diabetes in minority ethnic groups compared to the majority Whites using the UK Biobank data. This is a cross-sectional study of middle-aged individuals from South Asian, Black and White ethnic backgrounds. Adjusting for age, socioeconomic status and BMI, television viewing as a sedentary behaviour and low physical activity were significant risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes in south Asians and Whites but not Blacks which was evident with mediation by BMI. The non-significance in Blacks maybe due to other underlying factors. There is a need to develop effective interventions that can promote improved lifestyle behaviours in these populations including promoting the knowledge on the risk of sedentary behaviours and diabetes.
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Ayoade, U., Eze, N.J. (2023). How Ethnic Differences in Television Watching and Low Physical Activity in UK Adults Affect Type 2 Diabetes. In: Uden, L., Ting, IH. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organisations. KMO 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1825. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34045-1_33
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