Climate change and diabetes: averting two linked catastrophes

Schultz, Rosalie; Tait, Peter

doi:10.5694/mja13.11163

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To the Editor: Zimmet draws attention to the looming catastrophe of diabetes.1 However, there is a concomitant health catastrophe — climate change, “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century”.2

Public Health Association of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Correspondence: rosalieschultz20a@gmail.com

Competing interests:

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