Targeted obesity prevention may thwart future health burden of diabetes

  • May 16, 2012

The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in approximately 220,000 patients could be avoided in Australia by 2025, according to data presented at the 19th European Congress on Obesity Meeting in Lyon, France.

“Given the costly complications associated with diabetes, reducing the burden of diabetes by even 10% is likely to have a profound influence on the health care system,” study researcher Kathryn Backholer, PhD, said.

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Additional headlines from European Congress on Obesity 2012