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A Modifiable Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes?

Mitchell H. Katz, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(18):1653-1654.

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There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in developed countries during the last 50 years. In the United States, the prevalence of diabetes has increased from 0.9% in 1958 to 4.4% in 2000¹ and is projected to reach 7.2% by 2050.² Diabetes causes substantial morbidity, disability, and mortality¹ and is a major contributor to increased health care costs. In 2007, medical expenses related to diabetes totaled an astronomical $116 billion in the United States.³ We are therefore in great need of interventions to reduce the incidence of this disease.

The cause of type 2 diabetes is multifactorial, including both genetic and behavioral risk factors. As clinicians and public health practitioners, our job is to focus on those risk factors that are modifiable. We cannot do anything about genetics (at least not yet!), and so most interventions have focused on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS, BETTER HEALTH?


STUDYING NEIGHBORHOOD INTERVENTIONS

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