Whenever diet topics come up, people say Westerners have larger pancreases and thus are less prone to diabetes

I was curious too, so I looked into it a bit.
There aren't that many research results out there.
And even the few studies that do exist don't have very large sample sizes.
A 2018 study from Seoul National University showed that Caucasians' pancreases are about 14% larger than Koreans',
but the sample size was only 86 people combined (Koreans + Caucasians)...
Also, you can't just compare pancreas size alone; you have to compare overall body size as well..
Studies conducted overseas are similar, and some studies even show that Asians have larger ones.
I have no idea who came up with this idea that Westerners are less prone to diabetes because they have larger pancreases.
The diabetes rate is actually higher in the US..