Recent fall in new cases of type 2 diabetes in some countries

Prevention strategies could be contributing to a recent fall in the number of people developing type 2 diabetes in some high income countries, suggests a review of the evidence. The findings in the BMJ show that after 2005 many populations started to see a decline in the number of people developing diabetes, prompting the researchers to suggest that we may be starting to benefit from type 2 diabetes prevention activities. But they warn that there is limited evidence from low and middle income countries, where trends in diabetes incidence might be different. Monitoring of the global diabetes epidemic has mainly