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17098087

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9548
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
The proportions of people with type 2 diabetes and obesity have increased throughout Asia, and the rate of increase shows no sign of slowing. People in Asia tend to develop diabetes with a lesser degree of obesity at younger ages, suffer longer with complications of diabetes, and die sooner than people in other regions. Childhood obesity has increased substantially and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has now reached epidemic levels in Asia. The health consequences of this epidemic threaten to overwhelm health-care systems in the region. Urgent action is needed, and advocacy for lifestyle changes is the first step. Countries should review and implement interventions, and take a comprehensive and integrated public-health approach. At the level of primary prevention, such programmes can be linked to other non-communicable disease prevention programmes that target lifestyle-related issues. The cost of inaction is clear and unacceptable.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1474-547X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
368
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1681-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemic obesity and type 2 diabetes in Asia.
pubmed:affiliation
Divison of Endocrinology and Metabolism, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. yoonk@catholic.ac.kr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't