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March 1, 1988Diabetes Care

Primary Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus

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PZPaul Zimmet

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Overview

Review highlights lifestyle modification for diabetes prevention, suggesting multiple-risk-factor intervention strategies offer high promise for reducing non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the rationale and potential strategies for the primary prevention of insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
  • Narrative synthesis assessing the distinct etiologies, risk factors, and public health impact of insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
  • Insulin-dependent diabetes functions primarily as an autoimmune disorder, distinguishing its preventive requirements from lifestyle-driven diseases.
  • Non-insulin-dependent diabetes primary prevention shows substantial promise through comprehensive, multiple-risk-factor lifestyle intervention strategies addressing obesity and related factors.

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Paul Zimmet (1988) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11056e6f378c85fcf32babhttps://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.11.3.258
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