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The Patient at Risk for Diabetes Considering Prevention.
- Source :
- Evidence-Based Endocrinology; 2006, p289-302, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- More than 170 million people worldwide have diabetes, and the World Health Organization (WHO) projects that this number will more than double by the year 2030. Most of the increase is expected to occur in developing countries, where diabetes already affects people in their most productive years, the 45- to 64-yr age bracket (1). In the United States, an estimated 17.7 million people have diabetes, and this number is expected to increase to 30.3 million by 2030 (2). Thus, diabetes is poised to become one of the primary causes of disability and death worldwide within the next 25 yr. From these data, it is clear that there is an urgent need to develop and implement effective strategies to prevent diabetes. This chapter will review the evidence regarding predictors of diabetes and therapies to prevent diabetes, and will discuss how diabetes prevention strategies can be applied in the "real world." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9781588295798
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Evidence-Based Endocrinology
- Publication Type :
- Book
- Accession number :
- 33080748
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-008-9_19