Prevention of type 2 diabetes

Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
List of Contributors......Page 13
1 The Diabetes Epidemic: Description of the Problem......Page 15
1 - The Diabetes Epidemic: Genes and Environment Clashing......Page 16
2 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Primary and Secondary Prevention The Vision of the International Diabetes Federation......Page 27
3 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents......Page 33
2 Screening for Type 2 Diabetes......Page 53
4 - Screening for Undiagnosed Diabetes: Whom, Where, When and How......Page 54
5 - Genetic Screening and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes......Page 91
6 - Screening Parameters and Techniques: Limitations and Opportunities......Page 103
7 - Screening for Diabetes Mellitus – the World Health Organization Perspective......Page 115
3 Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes......Page 134
8 - Findings from PreventiveType 2 Diabetes Trials......Page 135
9 - A Paradigm Shift is Needed in the Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes......Page 160
10 - The Behaviour Change Process......Page 176
4 Prevention of Complications of Type 2 Diabetes......Page 185
11 - Preventive Disease Management – Risk Stratification as a New Tool in the Hands of General Practitioners......Page 186
12 - Prevention of Obesity and Lipid Disorders......Page 208
13 - Renal Dysfunction and Hypertension, Focus on Type 2 Diabetes......Page 249
14 - Diabetic Retinopathy in the 21st Century: Screening and Visual Outcomes......Page 275
15 - Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Polyneuropathy (DPN)......Page 289
16 - The Cardiologist’s View: Prevention of Macrovascular Complications......Page 316
17 - Milestones and New Perspectives in Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications......Page 327
Index......Page 344