Leonel Villa-Caballero

TL;DR: A PIR self-report survey was developed and distributed to a large multicity sample of patients with type 2 diabetes who were not taking insulin to examine their willingness to take insulin if it was prescribed and to identify perceived attitudinal barriers to insulin therapy.

TL;DR: Findings indicate a high prevalence of diabetes but considerable diversity as a function of Hispanic background and the low rates of diabetes awareness, diabetes control, and health insurance in conjunction with the negative associations between diabetes prevalence and both household income and education among Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. have important implications for public health policies.

TL;DR: Evaluating the effect of ethnicity as a predictor of the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among patients with diabetes found the presence of diabetes was a powerful predictor of CAM use.

TL;DR: The biphasic curve in risk for being overweight associated with neighborhood socioeconomic status suggests that Mexican children living along the U.S. border may be experiencing a nutrition transition with respect to an increased risk of obesity and related chronic disease.

TL;DR: FHD, gestational diabetes, and BMI were associated with children’s overweight status and more comprehensive interventions are needed to prevent obesity in Latino children and adults.