Breakthrough in diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention: a 30-year study of diabetes prevention in Daqing

Type 2 diabetes represents an immense and growing public health challenge worldwide for its extremely high risk of blindness, renal failure, myocardial infarction and stroke. In the 1980s, it was unclear whether diabetes is preventable. Up to 2000, it remained unclear whether diabetes can be delayed over a long period by active lifestyle intervention and whether the benefits of diabetes prevention can extend to the prevention of diabetic...