Open AccessGood news from the Da Qing Diabetes Prevention Outcome Study—healthy lifestyles result in long-term cardiovascular benefits
Author(s) -
Matti Uusitupa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2019.08.123
Subject(s) - overweight , type 2 diabetes , obesity , medicine , disease , diabetes mellitus , sedentary lifestyle , gerontology , term (time) , endocrinology , physics , quantum mechanics
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been considered as a heterogeneous disease with a strong genetic background (1,2). Nevertheless, overweight and obesity along with sedentary lifestyles explain to large extent the current epidemic of T2D.
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