The Deccan Famine’s Lingering Shadow: Tracing Modern Insulin Resistance in southern India - Healthcare India
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The Deccan Famine’s Lingering Shadow: Tracing Modern Insulin Resistance in southern India - Healthcare India
Introduction The Deccan Famine (1876–78) claimed millions under British colonial rule. But its legacy might stretch far beyond mortality—it may have seeded metabolic vulnerabilities that persist in today’s South Asian population. This article examines how prenatal undernutrition—what the thrifty phenotype hypothesis refers to as early-life nutritional programming—may contribute to the region’s high rates of insulin […] The post The Deccan Famine…
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