Diabetes is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. In 2012 it caused as many
deaths as HIV/AIDS (1· 5 million). 1 Disability resulting from diabetes has grown …

Executive summary 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global community was
awakened to the fragility of human health and the interdependence of the ecosystem …

Diabetes is a silent killer that affects men and women, young and old, rich and poor.
According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2016, one in 11 adults has diabetes …

This is a comment on" National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and
diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and …

Diabetes was seriously underrated as a threat to global public health until very recently.
However, the situation is now changing and the world can no longer ignore the inexorable …

Background One of the global targets for non-communicable diseases is to halt, by 2025, the
rise in the age-standardised adult prevalence of diabetes at its 2010 levels. We aimed to …

Diseases are not immutable entities but dynamic social constructions that have biographies
of their own. 1 Few diseases are more dynamic than diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, its most …

The global increase in type 2 diabetes prevalence is well documented, but international
trends in complications of type 2 diabetes are less clear. The available data suggest large …

The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Diabetes Collaborators (December, 2018) 1
provide a comprehensive overview of the diabetes burden in India. The authors point out …

Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for roughly 90% of all cases of diabetes, is still widely
perceived as a disease of affluence that is strongly associated with obesity and physical …