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A World/Transcultural View
ОглавлениеThe prevalence of diabetes is related to the community's socio‐economic conditions, given that 75% of individuals with diabetes live in low‐ or middle‐income countries
The adoption by some indigenous communities (e.g. in South Africa and Australia) of a Western diet has resulted in a considerable increase in cases of non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus
Countries as heterogeneous as India, the US and Saudi Arabia have shown that dental clinics can be important centres for detecting previously undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetesFigure 5.1.4 Continuous glucose monitoring system.