Diabetes affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It is the fourth leading cause of death in most developed countries, and globally claims more lives per year than HIV/AIDS. In 2006, a UN Resolution recognized diabetes as a chronic disease of pandemic magnitude. The first edition of this book gained recognition as the definitive textbook of diabetes epidemiology. The second edition builds on this success, gathering recent information on international trends and data for diabetes mellitus. In particular, the book highlights the dramatic rise of Type 2 diabetes in children, adolescents and the elderly throughout the world. One new section features prevention and screening of both Type1 and Type 2 diabetes. Other new chapters cover the epidemiology of obesity and the impact of nutrition, and review available guidelines for better worldwide glycemic control. Future challenges, including the effects of antipsychotic treatment and HIV infection and therapy on diabetes, are also addressed. All chapters have been completely revised and updated, covering * definitions, classification and risk factors for diabetes * new evidence for screening and prevention of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes * epidemiology of complications and associated risk factors * economic aspects: the direct and indirect costs of diabetes. The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus fills the need for a current compendium of diabetes epidemiology in the tradition of the first monumental text of the late Kelly West. It is essential reading for general practitioners, diabetologists, clinical endocrinologists, cardiologists, epidemiologists, nurses, dieticians, and other diabetes care providers, as well as health care decision makers.

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About the Editors. Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgments. 1: Introduction. 2: The Clinical Syndrome and the Biochemical Definition. 3: Diagnosis and Classification. 4: Epidemiology of Metabolic Syndrome. 5: Obesity and Diabetes. 6: Methodology for Physical Activity Assessment. 7: Epidemiology of Nutrition and Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology and Environmental Factors. 8: Genetic Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes. 9: Epidemiologic Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Europe. 10: The Burden of Diabetes and its Complications in theMiddle East and Eastern Mediterranean Region. 11: Epidemiology of Diabetes in Africa. 12: Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in Latin America. 13: Diabetes in the Caribbean . . . an Epidemiological Review!. 14: Japan. 15: Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in China. 16: Epidemiology of Diabetes in South East Asia. 17: The Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pacific Island Populations. 18: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in North America. 19: Non-Caucasian North American Populations: Native Americans. 20: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in Hispanic North Americans. 21: Non-Caucasian North American Populations: African Americans. 22: Epidemiology of Diabetes in Asian North Americans. 23: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. 24: Global Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes. 25: Epidemiology of Childhood Diabetes Mellitus in Non-Caucasian Populations. 26: Genetic Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. 27: Recent Trends in Screening and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes. 28: Non pharmacological Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. 29: Pharmacological Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. 30: The Epidemiology of Eye Diseases in Diabetes. 31: The Epidemiology of Diabetic Kidney Disease. 32: Epidemiology of Large-vessel Disease in Diabetes: Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke. 33: The Epidemiology of Peripheral Vascular Disease. 34: Epidemiology of Diabetic Neuropathy. 35: Epidemiology of Acute Complications: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State and Hypoglycemia. 36: Mortality and Life Expectancy Associated with Diabetes. 37: Economic Costs. 38: Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Global Perspective. 39: Antipsychotic Therapies and Glucose Dysregulation in the Mental Illness Population. 40: Diabetes, Insulin Resistance and Glucose Metabolism in HIV Infection and its Treatment. Index.