Journal article
Diabetes prevention and treatment strategies: Are we doing enough?
K Backholer, A Peeters, WH Herman, JE Shaw, D Liew, Z Ademi, DJ Magliano
Diabetes Care | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.2337/DC12-2501
Abstract
OBJECTIVE-Effective interventions to prevent, delay, or remit diabetes are currently available. However, their impact on the prevalence of diabetes at the population level is unknown. This study aimed to estimate the impact of a range of diabetes interventions on the population prevalence of diabetes for Australian adults between 2010 and 2025. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-We used the Australian Diabetes Projection Model to estimate the impact of a population-wide strategy, high-risk prevention, surgical diabetes treatment, and a combination strategy on the future population prevalence of diabetes and to estimate the number of diabetes cases that could be potentially prevented in the year 202..
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Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a Diabetes Australia Research Trust project grant (Y12P-BACK) and in part by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. D. J. M. is supported by the Victorian Cancer Agency Public Health Fellowship. A. P. received support from a VicHealth Research Fellowship.