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The Future of Diabetes Prevention: A Call for Papers
Diabetes is now recognized as a global problem, with recent estimates of a staggering 410 million people with diabetes mellitus in 2013. It is estimated that by 2040 one in ten adults will be living with this condition. This month's Editorial in PLOS Medicine focuses on this issue and Professors Nick Wareham and William Herman discuss the challenges that face society; specifically how population-level changes are needed, using multiple approaches to slow down or reverse the onwards increase in incidence. Professors Wareham and Herman are the Guest Editors of our upcoming summer special issue on diabetes prevention and further information on submitting to the journal is provided in the Editorial.
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Citation: (2016) PLoS Medicine Issue Image | Vol. 13(2) February 2016. PLoS Med 13(2): ev13.i02. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pmed.v13.i02
Published: February 29, 2016
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Diabetes is now recognized as a global problem, with recent estimates of a staggering 410 million people with diabetes mellitus in 2013. It is estimated that by 2040 one in ten adults will be living with this condition. This month's Editorial in PLOS Medicine focuses on this issue and Professors Nick Wareham and William Herman discuss the challenges that face society; specifically how population-level changes are needed, using multiple approaches to slow down or reverse the onwards increase in incidence. Professors Wareham and Herman are the Guest Editors of our upcoming summer special issue on diabetes prevention and further information on submitting to the journal is provided in the Editorial.
Image Credit: 15609463@N03, Flickr