If you or your relatives are from India or another South Asian country, you’re at greater risk for diabetes than people from other ethnic backgrounds. Like Nitin Kundeshwar, you could had few or no traditional risk factors and still be diagnosed with diabetes, according to Afreen Idris Shariff, MD, an endocrinologist at Duke Health. Here, Dr. Shariff explains why and encourages people of South Asian descent to get screened.
00:00 Intro
00:24 How does diabetes look different in South Asian people?
00:40 What causes diabetes?
01:16 Diabetes risk factors
01:27 Seeing a provider with a similar background
02:15 Can I make my cultural diet diabetes friendly?
03:26 Exercise and diabetes
04:05 Medications for diabetes
04:52 Diabetes screening criteria for South Asian People
