Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5900143 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Although this study is not a trial and thus not able to definitively state the proportions of diabetes deaths that could be averted by reducing mean BMI, this paper demonstrates that theoretically between 9% and 98% of deaths from diabetes could be prevented by tackling obesity in the Asia Pacific region. Preventing these deaths is likely to have an enormous positive social and economic impact, particularly in this region consisting of many low and middle-income countries.
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Authors
Alexandra L.C. Martiniuk, Crystal M.Y. Lee, Stephen Colagiuri, Mark Woodward,