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Volume
3:
No. 3, July 2006
COMMUNITY VOICES
Cherokee Choices: A Diabetes Prevention Program for American Indians
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Normal |
Overweight |
Obese |
| EBCI Men |
20.1 |
34.2 |
45.7 |
| NC Men |
33.9 |
42.6 |
23.5 |
| EBCI Women |
22.6 |
29.6 |
47.9 |
| NC Women |
47.9 |
28.5 |
23.6 |
| EBCI Total |
21 |
31.4 |
47.6 |
Figure 1. Rates of obesity and overweight among men and women of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
(EBCI) compared with men and women in North Carolina, March through June 2003 (6).
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| EBCI Men |
26.9 |
| North Carolina Men |
6.4 |
| EBCI Women |
21 |
| North Carolina Women |
7.9 |
| EBCI Total |
23.8 |
| North Carolina Total |
7.15 |
Figure 2. Rates of type 2 diabetes among men and women of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
(EBCI) compared with mean and women in North Carolina, March through June 2003 (6).
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