Living Well with Type 2 Diabetes av Dr John Gedney, Pamela Myles-Hooton

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<p><b>A practical, self-help guide for living well with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2).</b><br><br>In the last 40 years or so, we have seen an astounding rise in the prevalence of DM2 in most western and ''developing'' countries. National data suggests a six-fold increase from around 1% of the population in 1980 to over 6% in 2020. There are thought to be nearly 4 million people with the disease in the UK, and close to half a billion affected worldwide. In parts of the USA and China, over 10% of the population have DM2. Traditionally thought of as a disease of mid-life and old age, both DM2 and the metabolic markers of future disease are now increasingly being seen in young people, children and even infants. What is happening? <br><br>The burden of this disease is huge at all levels - for health care spend and for added risk of other medical problems. Its overall impact on health is at least as great as that of Type 1 Diabetes - it''s certainly not the ''mild Diabetes'' it was once cal