Can we avert a diabetes catastrophe in Australia?

Zimmet, Paul Z

doi:10.5694/mja13.10972

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Diabetes is likely to cement its place as the fastest growing epidemic in history

At the present time, one person is dying of diabetes every seven seconds, but the news can only talk about victims of hurricanes with houses flying in the air.

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: paul.zimmet@bakeridi.edu.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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