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. 2016 Jul 12;13(7):e1002080.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002080. eCollection 2016 Jul.

Population Approaches to Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

Martin White  1
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Population Approaches to Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

Martin White. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Martin White argues that whole population interventions will be needed in addition to those targeted to people at high risk in order to respond to the global challenge of type 2 diabetes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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