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Type 2 Diabetes, Glucose Tolerance and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Seven Countries Study

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Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Diet, Lifestyle and Risk Factors in the Seven Countries Study

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The prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulindependent diabetes) are increasing worldwide. The WHO predicts that the number of diabetic patients will increase from 143 million in 1997 to about 300 million in 2025 (1). A major determinant of diabetes is obesity and large increases in the prevalence of obesity were observed in the developed countries during the last decades of the 20thcentury and in developing countries more recently. Worldwide more than 250 million people are estimated to be obese (2). Another important determinant of diabetes is physical inactivity. There is now evidence from ecological, cross-sectional, and cohort studies that physical activity is inversely related to risk of type 2 diabetes (3).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Director Nutrition and Consumer Safety Division, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, Bilthoven, 3720 BA, The Netherlands

    Daan Kromhout (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Association for Cardiac Research Cardioricerca, Via Adda 87, Rome, 00198, Italy

    Alessandro Menotti (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55454-1015, USA

    Henry Blackburn (Mayo Professor Emeritus) (Mayo Professor Emeritus)

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Kromhout, D., Feskens, E. (2002). Type 2 Diabetes, Glucose Tolerance and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Seven Countries Study. In: Kromhout, D., Menotti, A., Blackburn, H. (eds) Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Diet, Lifestyle and Risk Factors in the Seven Countries Study. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 243. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1117-5_13

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