Abstract
Diabetes in Aboriginal communities has often been described as having reached epidemic proportions over the past several decades. Among the things we know about Aboriginal people and diabetes are that they have a 3 to 5 times greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than other Canadians, and that Aboriginal children as young as 5 years of age have been diagnosed with diabetes ( 1. Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee Canadian Diabetes Association 2003 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management ofdiabetes in Canada. Can J Diabetes. 2003; 27: S1-S152 Google Scholar ).We know that prior to the 1950s there was virtually no diabetes in the Aboriginal community.
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