World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 310: Diabetes Mellitus

By H. Mehnert

Book Id: WPLBN0000111467
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 310: Diabetes Mellitus
Author:	H. Mehnert
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
1. INTRODUCTION In an initial exchange of views between the various members of the Expert Committee, it was immediately apparent that there mas general agreement about the signs of increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus in most parts of the world. Thus, in contrast to the well-documented evidence of reduced incidence of diabetes mellitus in the adult when the food intake was restricted in many countries during the Second World War - a repetition of the phenomenon observed by Bouchardat in Paris nearly a hundred years ago - there are now indications of a rapid increase in the disease that are in complete accord with the recognized clinical association between diabetes and increased food consumption, reduced physical exertion and obesity. The increase continues despite the special foods now often available.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2 . Natural history of diabetes mellitus and its causes . . . . . . .6 2.1 Definitions of diabetes mellitus and related states . . . . .7 2.2 Definition of laboratory criteria in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 2.3 Classes of diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 3. Prevention of diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 3.1 Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 3.2 Congenital factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 3.3 Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 3.4 Diet and prevention of diabetic complications . . . . . . .17 4 . Control of diabetes inellitus as a public health problem . . . . .19 4.1 Screening methods and procedures for early case detection .19 4.2 The principles of treatment of diabetic patients . . . . . .22 4.3 Organization of services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 4 . Employment and placement of diabetics . . . . . . . . . . . .31 5.1 General recommendations-young diabetics . . . . . . . .32 5.2 General recommendations -adult cases . . . . . . . . . .33 5.3 Driving permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 5.4 Life assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 6 . Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Annex 1 . Sumnlary of results of diabetes detection surveys in various countries. 1946-1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Annex 2 . Blood-sugar readings of 1000 glucose tests for pregnant women. by trimester of pregnancy. Boston. Mass., USA. 1954-55 .41 Annex 3. Testing techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42