US EditionMalnutrition causes unrecognised type of diabetes: experts
- Type 5 diabetes affects approximately 25 million people, mostly in poorer countries, and has been neglected and under-researched, according to a group of experts in The Lancet Global Health.
- Experts highlighted that patients with Type 5 diabetes often die unrecognized due to a lack of health care awareness.
- More than 30 scientists supported the development of diagnostic criteria and treatment guidelines after a meeting in Vellore earlier this year.
- Experts emphasized that this neglected diabetes type affects millions worldwide and impacts their quality and length of life.
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Malnutrition promotes a form of diabetes separate from those already classified, has concluded many world experts in this pathology in an article published today, stressing that the poor countries are the most affected, writes AFP and...
Health experts push recognition of type 5 diabetes linked to malnutrition
(UPDATE) PARIS — Malnutrition can cause its own form of diabetes, health experts said Thursday, calling for “type 5 diabetes” to be recognized globally to help fight the disease in countries already struggling with poverty and starvation.The most common form of diabetes, type 2, can be caused by obesity and occurs when adults become resistant to the hormone insulin.Type 1, mostly diagnosed in childhood, arises when the pancreas does not produce …
Mysterious Diabetes Variant With 25 Million Cases Gets a Name
Almost two decades after David Phillips noticed a disturbing trend of young, lean people who were under-nourished as children showing up at clinics in northern Ethiopia with diabetes, the unusual form of the disease is finally getting a name.
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