Prevention Identifies Opportunities and Challenges for Diabetes Prevention and Control The number of persons with diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, has increased dramatically worldwide (1, 2) and is expected to grow substantially over the next several decades (3). This increased burden places more responsibility on patients, health care professionals, and society. Diabetes has always been a...

OBJECTIVES The overall objective of this study was to evaluate and provide evidence and recommendations on current published literature about diet and lifestyle in the prevention of type 2 diabetes. DESIGN Epidemiological and experimental studies, focusing on nutritional intervention in the prevention of type 2 diabetes are used to make disease-specific recommendations. Long-term cohort studi...

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BACKGROUND Several trials have shown the potential of lifestyle intervention programmes for prevention of type 2 diabetes. The effectiveness of implementation of these programmes into daily practice is now being studied in several countries. The 'Active Prevention in High Risk individuals of Diabetes Type 2 in Eindhoven' (APHRODITE) study investigates whether type 2 diabetes prevention by lifes...

INTRODUCTION Local health departments (LHDs) vary in their capacity to perform public health services by the size of population they serve. Little is known about the extent of emerging primary prevention activities at small LHDs. The objectives of this study were to describe various diabetes-related patient care and primary prevention services offered by small LHDs (those serving a population o...

background: stem-cell therapy plays a preventive role for different complications of diabetes, including diabetes nephropathy. the current phase 3 single-arm clinical trial is designed to investigate the potential protective effect of allotransplantation of fetal liver-derived cell suspension in diabetic nephropathy. methods: seventy-four diabetic patients with type 1 were selected according to...

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus die of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at rates 2-4 times higher than patients without diabetes but with similar demographic characteristics. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in the United States and, thus, the prevention of CVD in patients with diabetes poses an urgent public health challenge. The objective of this report is to review the current kno...

Type 2 diabetes has become increasing prevalent among Canada’s Native communities, particularly among Native youth, who have a higher incidence of obesity and diabetes than non-Native youth. The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project is a program for elementary school children designed to give early intervention and education for diabetes prevention in a Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) community...

Notwithstanding the human and financial implications of diabetes, we are concerned with the selective use of evidence to support the National Diabetes Prevention Programme. The editorial by Sood et al describes trials, which offered expensive, intensive interventions to participants selected on strict and extensive criteria with stringent methods to maintain participant engagement.1,2 Trials de...