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Effective and cost-effective lifestyle interventions are urgently needed to curtail the global type 2 diabetes epidemic in both high-risk individuals and the general population.
Highlights the urgent global need for cost-effective diabetes prevention strategies, particularly in resource-limited settings.
Type 2 diabetes is a major public health problem, affecting an estimated 425 million adults worldwide, three-quarters of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries.1 The economic implications of type 2 diabetes are enormous, with global annual costs to health-care systems and society in the trillions of US dollars.2 There is a clear and urgent need to curtail the diabetes epidemic via effective and cost-effective strategies, targeting not only high-risk individuals, but also the general population.
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Thirunavukkarasu Sathish (2019) conducted an editorial in Type 2 diabetes. Lifestyle intervention was evaluated. Effective and cost-effective lifestyle interventions are urgently needed to curtail the global type 2 diabetes epidemic in both high-risk individuals and the general population.
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