Diabetes: a 21st century challenge

PZ Zimmet, DJ Magliano, WH Herman… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2014 - thelancet.com
The number of people with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled during the past 20
years. One of the most worrying features of this rapid increase is the emergence of type 2 …

Gestational diabetes mellitus—innovative approach to prediction, diagnosis, management, and prevention of future NCD—mother and offspring

HD McIntyre, A Kapur, H Divakar, M Hod - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the commonest medical complication of pregnancy.
The association of GDM with immediate pregnancy complications including excess fetal …

Type 2 diabetes and Indigenous peoples

L Crowshoe, D Dannenbaum, M Green… - Canadian journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Improving health outcomes for Indigenous peoples with diabetes requires sufficient capacity
and quality of health-care resources that are grounded in the person's specific social and …

Maternal diabetes, gestational diabetes and the role of epigenetics in their long term effects on offspring

RCW Ma, GE Tutino, KA Lillycrop, MA Hanson… - Progress in biophysics …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a global epidemic of obesity and diabetes, and current efforts to curb the diabetes
epidemic have had limited success. Epidemiological studies have highlighted increased risk …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to organophosphorus and organochlorine pesticides, perfluoroalkyl substances, and polychlorinated biphenyls in pregnancy and the association …

GD Shapiro, L Dodds, TE Arbuckle… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Studies report increases in rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) over
recent decades. Environmental chemicals may increase the risk of diabetes through impacts …

Diabetes and pregnancy: perspectives from Asia

GE Tutino, WH Tam, X Yang, JCN Chan… - Diabetic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There has been a marked increase in the prevalence of diabetes in Asia over recent years.
Diabetes complicating pregnancy, in particular gestational diabetes, has also increased …

Tools for supporting the MCH workforce in addressing complex challenges: a scoping review of system dynamics modeling in maternal and child health

I Guynn, J Simon, S Anderson, SL Klaman… - Maternal and child …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Objectives System Dynamics (SD) is a promising decision support modeling
approach for growing shared understanding of complex maternal and child health (MCH) …

Losing the war against obesity: the need for a developmental perspective

PD Gluckman, M Hanson, P Zimmet… - Science translational …, 2011 - science.org
Developed countries are struggling to control epidemics of obesity and related chronic
diseases; thus, we can expect only limited success from applying the current approaches to …

Gestational diabetes: the public health relevance and approach

S Veeraswamy, B Vijayam, VK Gupta… - Diabetes research and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally and the causes attributed are the ageing
population, urbanization, obesity epidemic, physical inactivity and stressful modern life …

NLRP3 inhibitor tranilast attenuates gestational diabetes mellitus in a genetic mouse model

J Cao, Q Peng - Drugs in R&D, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective This study was designed to explore the protective effects
of a clinically available NLR family Pyrin domain-containing receptor 3 (NLRP3) inhibitor …