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Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction to the causes of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, South Asians, and the structure and approach of this book
- Chapter 2 Genetic explanations 1: the thrifty genotype and its variants
- Chapter 3 Genetic explanations 2: adaptations in body size, shape, and composition
- Chapter 4 Genetic explanations 3: neurobehavioural explanations
- Chapter 5 The thrifty phenotype and related developmental hypotheses
- Chapter 6 Socio-economic development and the demographic and epidemiological transitions: effects on psychosocial circumstances and lifestyles
- Chapter 7 Established CVD and DM2 risk factors: reappraisal in relation to South Asians
- Chapter 8 Other risk factors and explanations
- Chapter 9 A causal synthesis and models
- Chapter 10 Implications for health policy, public health, health care, and research