Nutritional and therapeutic interventions for diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

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Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 20 million people in the US, or nearly 7% of the population. It is expected to increase by 70% within the next 25 years and numerous epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that type 2 diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bagchi, Debasis
Otros Autores: Sreejayan, Nair
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2012.
Temas:
Diabetes > Nutritional aspects.
Diabetes > Treatment.
Metabolic syndrome > Nutritional aspects.
Metabolic syndrome > Treatment.
Diabète > Aspect nutritionnel.
Syndrome métabolique > Aspect nutritionnel.
Syndrome métabolique > Traitement.
Diabetes > Nutritional aspects
Diabetes > Treatment
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Sumario:Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 20 million people in the US, or nearly 7% of the population. It is expected to increase by 70% within the next 25 years and numerous epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that type 2 diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is estimated to cost over 92 BILLION in health care costs and lost productivity. The increased risk is due to the detrimental vascular effects of prolonged exposure to a hyperglycemic, oxidant rich environment yielding associated cardiovascular risk factors: atherosclerosis, hypertension and clottin.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (553 pages)
ISBN:9780123850843
0123850843

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