World Health Organization diabetes

World Health Organization. Diabetes programme, http //www.who.int/diabetes/en/. Accessed 15 Aug 2013... 

For more information about the prevalence of diabetes, see URLs by the International Diabetes Federation at www.idf.org the World Health Organization at www.who.int the Center for Disease Control at www.cdc. gov/diabetes and the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes. org. 

WHO Consultation. Definition and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycemia. Geneva (Switzerland) World Health Organization Document Production Services 2006. Available from ... 

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 300 million people in 2025 will suffer from diabetes, mainly type 2 diabetes, and primarily in industrialized countries. This places an economic burden on the health care system and the society. On one hand, the expenses to glucose control and patient education are large but, on the other hand, the expenses for treating the complications are enormous. 

Over 18 million adults in the U.S. have diabetes (CDC, 2006), and over 170 million people worldwide have the condition, while its incidence is rising dramatically. The World Health Organization estimates that there may be 300 million people with diabetes by 2025 (WHO and FAO, 2002). There is a pressing need to develop a range of approaches to tackle type 2 diabetes and also address the root causes of its increased incidence, such as obesity and poor diet. Improvements in diet are therefore an important strategy in combating type 2 diabetes. 

Current predictions suggest that the twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes worldwide will result in an increase in CVD rates, which have sharply declined over the past 30 years, after the introduction of effective lipid-lowering and antihypertensive therapies. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that in 2002, deaths from CVD outnumbered deaths from the major communicable diseases (AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria) by 3 to 1 (2). By 2015, an estimated 20 million people will die annually from CVD. Therefore, with the advent of the new millennium, there is a sense of urgency to address the burden of chronic cardiometabolic diseases worldwide. The information on the prevalence and etiology of cardiometabolic diseases, which is cited in this section was obtained from the WHO and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) websites (2-6). 

Gabir MM, Hanson RL, Dabelea D, Imperatore G, Roumain J, Bennett PH, et al. The 1997 American Diabetes Association and 1999 World Health Organization criteria for hyperglycemia in the diagnosis and prediction of diabetes. Diabetes Care 2000 23 1108-1112. 

The optimal target is to lower BP to or below 140/85 mmHg in nondiabetics and 140/80 mmHg in diabetics. The World Health Organization/ International Society for H)q)ertension sets a more rigorous far get of 130/85 mmHg. 

Worldwide, the prevalence of diabetes is increasing, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention referring to the condition as. . the epidemic of our times . According to the World Health Organization, the present number of diabetics worldwide is 135 million, and this is expected to increase to 300 million by 2025. 

The World Health Organization estimates that by 2015, the number of overweight people globally will increase to 2.3 billion, and more than 700 million people will be obese. Mayo clinic data indicate that the prevalence of diabetes increased 3.8% every year. The total prevalence of diabetes mellitus in US is expected to more than double from 2005 to 2050 in all age, sex and race groups. Data from the National Diabetes Information Clearing House, states at least 65% of people with diabetes die of some form of heart disease or stroke. Among women with CHD, diabetes is the strongest risk factor for heart failure in US (American Heart Association, 2008, Rosamond et al., 2008). In 2002, the direct... 

The World Health Organization has published guidelines for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus on the basis of blood glucose results and the response to an oral gluco.se load. These are shown in Table I and arc further discussed below. 

World Health Organization Study Group. Diabetes Mellitus. WHO Technical Report Series 727. Geneva WHO, 1985. 

World Health Organization. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes melhms and its complications. Report of a WHO consultation. Part 1 Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Geneva WHO, 1999. 

Overweight, dehned as a body mass index (BMI body weight in kg divided by the square of the height in m) between 25 and 30 kg/m, and obesity, defined as a BMI of 30 kg/m and above, are prevalent conditions in industrialized populations. According to a recent report from the World Health Organization, the prevalenee of both conditions has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, with rates of about 50 to 60% of the adult population in the U.S., Canada, and European countries. The health consequences of obesity are enormous. Obesity is associated with some of the most prevalent diseases of modem societies, including type 2 diabetes, hyper-... 

---