Title: Prevention of type 2 diabetes /
Authors: Ganz, Manfred; John Wiley & Sons
Date: 2005
Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons,
Physical description: xviii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: Provides a unique and comprehensive synopsis of the prevention and early diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. It features articles by key opinion leaders in diabetes from North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region who describe the gravity of the problem and the important issue of screening, including contributions on the perspectives of the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization. Once patients at risk have been identified, the key issue is to prevent their progression to full-blown diabetes. Several chapters address this, particularly the difficult task of changing people's behaviour. Prevention of the complications associated with diabetes involves more targeted interventions, which are discussed by experts in the relevant areas.
Contents: The diabetes epidemic; genes and environment clashing -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: primary and secondary prevention the vision of the international diabetes federation -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents -- Screening for undiagnosed diabetes: whom, where, when and how -- Genetic screening and prevention of type 2 diabetes -- Screening parameters and techniques: Limitations and opportunities -- Screening for diabetes mellitus -- the world health organization perspective -- Findings from preventive type 2 diabetes trials -- A paradigm shift is needed in the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes -- The behaviour change process -- Preventive disease management -- risk stratification as a new tool in the hands of general practitioners -- Prevention of obesity and lipid disorders -- Renal dysfunction and hypertension, and focus on type 2 diabetes -- Diabetic retinopathy in the 21st century: screening and visual outcomes -- Prevention and treatment of diabetic neuropathy -- The cardiologist's view: prevention of macrovascular complications -- Milestones and new perspectives in prevention of type 2 diabetes and its complications.
Subject headings (LCSH): Type 2 diabetes--Prevention.