Are children the future of type 2 diabetes prevention?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 548-550

  Gregg, Edward W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULTHOOD; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 76649127102     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0912192     Document Type: Editorial

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