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Aetiology of type 2 diabetes: the road to consensus [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04
In 1965, the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee report on diabetes warned of the danger of an emerging diabetes epidemic. At that time, prevalence rarely exceeded 2%. Today, we know that more than 194 million people worldwide have diabetes. In 2025, the number of people with diabetes in the world will exceed 333 million… unless we act now.
Issue: 
Volume 48 | Special Issue [2]
Attachment: 
article_76_en.pdf [3]
Keywords: 
Aetiology
Section: 
Future Directions [4]
Theme: 
Type 2 diabetes [5]
Source URL: http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/aetiology-of-type-2-diabetes-the-road-to-consensus

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/aetiology-of-type-2-diabetes-the-road-to-consensus
[2] http://www.idf.org/issues/03/05/01/volume-48-special-issue
[3] http://www.idf.org/sites/default/files/attachments/article_76_en.pdf
[4] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/24
[5] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/153