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More education for Mexican Americans may mean less diabetes

  • Written by Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State
More education for Mexican Americans may mean less diabetesPrograms that promote more education could also improve longterm health. Genaro Molina/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Latino adults who obtain a higher level of education than their parents are less likely to have Type 2 diabetes than those who obtain the same...

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