Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) constitutes about 85% of all cases of
diabetes in developed countries and it has now reached epidemic proportions in many …

The concept of the metabolic syndrome has now been in existence for several decades;
however, it has only been since some agreement on definitions of the syndrome was …

The application of epidemiology to the study of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
(NIDDM) is providing new insights into many aspects of this major public-health problem …

The classification of diabetes mellitus and the tests used for its diagnosis were brought into
order by the National Diabetes Data Group of the USA and the second World Health …

The number of people with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled during the past 20
years. One of the most worrying features of this rapid increase is the emergence of type 2 …

AIM: We estimated the number of people worldwide with diabetes for the years 2010 and
2030. METHODS: Studies from 91 countries were used to calculate age-and sex-specific …

A cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, which occur
together more often than by chance alone, have become known as the metabolic syndrome …

The metabolic syndrome is a common metabolic disorder that results from the increasing
prevalence of obesity. The disorder is defined in various ways, but in the near future a new …

OBJECTIVE—Total sedentary (absence of whole-body movement) time is associated with
obesity, abnormal glucose metabolism, and the metabolic syndrome. In addition to the …

OBJECTIVE—To determine the population-based prevalence of diabetes and other
categories of glucose intolerance (impaired glucose tolerance [IGT] and impaired fasting …