Type 2 diabetes is prevalent among African Americans due to the “thrifty genes” inherited from their enslaved ancestors, who ate a diet of scraps and worked long hours of physical labor, and the presence of harmful synthetic chemicals in food.

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Type 2 diabetes is prevalent among African Americans due to the “thrifty genes” inherited from their enslaved ancestors, who ate a diet of scraps and worked long hours of physical labor, and the presence of harmful synthetic chemicals in food.
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