Living Well with Type 2 Diabetes

A practical, self-help guide for living well with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2).

In the last 40 years or so, we have seen an astounding rise in the prevalence of DM2 in most western and ''developing'' countries. National data suggests a six-fold increase from around 1% of the population in 1980 to over 6% in 2020. There are thought to be nearly 4 million people with the disease in the UK, and close to half a billion affected worldwide. In parts of the USA and China, over 10% of the population have DM2. Traditionally thought of as a disease of mid-life and old age, both DM2 and the metabolic markers of future disease are now increasingly being seen in young people, children and even infants. What is happening?

The burden of this disease is huge at all levels - for health care spend and for added risk of other medical problems. Its overall impact on health is at least as great as that of Type 1 Diabetes - it''s certainly not the ''mild Diabetes'' it was once cal