• DocumentCode
    2304
  • Title

    The Sugar Spectre: We´re in a time of unprecedented cooperation and innovation in the fight against diabetes. But will it be enough?

  • Author

    Fischer, Shannon

  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    May-June 2014
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    17
  • Abstract
    Three hundred eighty-two million people in the world have diabetes today. Of those, roughly 343.8 million have type 2 diabetes-the variant associated with obesity and insulin resistance-3.8 million have type 1, and 175 million don´t even know they have diabetes at all. On top of that, 316 million more people are at high risk for diabetes. Combined, that makes for just shy of 10% of the global population with or at risk for the disease right now.
  • Keywords
    diseases; patient treatment; diabetes treatment cooperation; diabetes treatment innovation; high diabetes risk; insulin resistance; obesity; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; Diabetes; Diseases; Insulin; Medical treatment; Pancreas; Research initiatives; Social factors; Sugar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pulse, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2154-2287
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPUL.2014.2309573
  • Filename
    6814377