What the primary healthcare worker needs to know about the management of type 2 diabetes

  • Willie F Mollentze University of the Free State
Keywords: Type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Globally, type 2 diabetes remains the most common type of diabetes, and its prevalence is rising, unabatedly driven by physical inactivity and the emerging epidemic of obesity.1 The risk of developing type 2 diabetes is especially increased in rural girls, of whom up to 25% are already overweight or obese in late adolescence.2

Author Biography

Willie F Mollentze, University of the Free State
MD, FCP(SA), MMed(Int), FACE, FRCP(London) Department of Medicine University of the Free State
Issue
Vol 54, No 2 - March/April 2012
Section
SA Hypertension Society Supplement
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