[EQ] Social determinants of diabetes and challenges of prevention

Social determinants of diabetes and challenges of prevention

 

Nigel Unwin a, David Whiting b, Gojka Roglic c

The Lancet, Volume 375, Issue 9733, Pages 2204 - 2205, 26 June 2010
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60840-9

Website: http://bit.ly/dw1990

Since 2000, the prevalence of diabetes has doubled to around 285 million worldwide, and type 2 disease accounts for 90% of the diabetes burden.
A diabetes themed issue of The Lancet brings together new research, review, and analysis.

 An Editorial comments: ‘……The fact that type 2 diabetes, a largely preventable disorder, has reached epidemic proportion is a public health humiliation. A strong, integrated, and imaginative response is required………’

Table of contents: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

 

 

 

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