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The Clinical and Public Health Challenges of Diabetes Prevention: A Search for Sustainable Solutions
Diabetes is a worldwide scourge that is growing substantially owing to unfavorable trends in diet and physical activity, exerting a toll of morbidity and mortality that is especially burdensome in low-income and middle-income countries. Preventing diabetes through individual-level and policy approaches is therefore an urgent priority that is the focus of PLOS Medicine's Special Issue on Diabetes Prevention. In an Editorial to conclude the issue, Guest Editors Nicholas Wareham and William Herman draw together themes that have been addressed by research studies and discussion pieces in the issue. Wareham and Herman discuss some of the challenges for researchers and policy makers in developing effective and equitable solutions to the worldwide problem of diabetes, and call for much greater investment in gathering evidence to underpin diabetes prevention efforts in developing countries.
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Editorial
The Clinical and Public Health Challenges of Diabetes Prevention: A Search for Sustainable Solutions
PLOS Medicine: published July 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002097
Perspectives
Diabetes: A Cinderella Subject We Can’t Afford to Ignore
PLOS Medicine: published July 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002068
Cycling and Diabetes Prevention: Practice-Based Evidence for Public Health Action
PLOS Medicine: published July 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002077
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Population Approaches to Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
PLOS Medicine: published July 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002080
Screening for Dysglycemia: Connecting Supply and Demand to Slow Growth in Diabetes Incidence
PLOS Medicine: published July 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002084
Prescribing Exercise and Lifestyle Training for High Risk Women in Pregnancy and Early Post-partum—Is It Worth It?
PLOS Medicine: published July 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002093
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Leveraging Genetics to Advance Type 2 Diabetes Prevention
PLOS Medicine: published July 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002102
Research Articles
First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study
PLOS Medicine: published July 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002057
Consumption of Meals Prepared at Home and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: An Analysis of Two Prospective Cohort Studies
PLOS Medicine: published July 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002052
Risks and Population Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Diabetes in China: A Prospective Study of 0.5 Million Adults
PLOS Medicine: published July 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002026
Detecting Dysglycemia Using the 2015 United States Preventive Services Task Force Screening Criteria: A Cohort Analysis of Community Health Center Patients
PLOS Medicine: published July 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002074
Associations between Recreational and Commuter Cycling, Changes in Cycling, and Type 2 Diabetes Risk: A Cohort Study of Danish Men and Women
PLOS Medicine: published July 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002076
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Engagement, Retention, and Progression to Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Analysis of the Cluster-Randomised "Let's Prevent Diabetes" Trial
PLOS Medicine: published July 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002078
Dietary Diversity, Diet Cost, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in the United Kingdom: A Prospective Cohort Study
PLOS Medicine: published July 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002085
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Obesity and Life Expectancy with and without Diabetes in Adults Aged 55 Years and Older in the Netherlands: A Prospective Cohort Study
PLOS Medicine: published July 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002086
Effects of Saturated Fat, Polyunsaturated Fat, Monounsaturated Fat, and Carbohydrate on Glucose-Insulin Homeostasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Feeding Trials
PLOS Medicine: published July 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002087
Association of Plasma Phospholipid n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Type 2 Diabetes: The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study
PLOS Medicine: published July 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002094
Exercise Training and Weight Gain in Obese Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial (ETIP Trial)
PLOS Medicine: published July 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002079
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Mothers after Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA): A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Postnatal Diabetes Prevention Program
PLOS Medicine: published July 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002092
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Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Changes Observed in Diabetes Prevention Programs in US Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
PLOS Medicine: published July 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002095
Supported Telemonitoring and Glycemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes: The Telescot Diabetes Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
PLOS Medicine: published July 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002098