Type 2 Diabetes: An Epidemic Requiring Global Attention and Urgent Action
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Type 2 Diabetes: An Epidemic Requiring Global Attention and Urgent Action
Decades ago, the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes was predicted by epidemiologists who observed large and rapid increases in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among indigenous peoples who adoptedWestern lifestyles (1–4). Subsequent epidemiological studies demonstrated that essentially all non-Europid populations who escape the ravages of communicable diseases, enjoy abundant food and less phy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-0298