Government inaction and the preventable diabetes pandemic

Andrew N Reynolds^{1

2}, Jim Mann^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
² The Riddet Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
³ Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
⁴ The Riddet Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
⁵ The Healthier Lives National Science Challenge, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Comment

Andrew N Reynolds et al. Nat Med. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;29(4):791-792.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02259-x.

Andrew N Reynolds^{1

2}, Jim Mann^{3

4

5}

¹ Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
² The Riddet Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand. andrew.reynolds@otago.ac.nz.
³ Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
⁴ The Riddet Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
⁵ The Healthier Lives National Science Challenge, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries.
O'Hearn M, Lara-Castor L, Cudhea F, Miller V, Reedy J, Shi P, Zhang J, Wong JB, Economos CD, Micha R, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. O'Hearn M, et al. Nat Med. 2023 Apr;29(4):982-995. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02278-8. Epub 2023 Apr 17. Nat Med. 2023. PMID: 37069363 Free PMC article.

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