Expertly authored by the world's leading specialists inthe field, Prevention of Diabetes is the definitive guidefor better preventative diabetes care.Using an evidence-based approach, it outlines the very latest inthe identification of people at high risk for type 2 diabetes andhow best to use interventional methods such as screening at-riskindividuals, pharmaceutical intervention and lifestylechanges.In addition, it will provide healthcare professionals with theclinical knowledge required to clearly identify the early symptomsof diabetes, enabling them to provide their patients with betterclinical care and helping avoid the onset of full-blowndiabetes.Also covered are both the health economics of establishing, andthe methods of implement/delivering targeted prevention programmesinto clinical and health care practice, based on the vastexperience of the editors due to their involvement in suchprogrammes.Prevention of Diabetes provides clear and expertinformation in a practical, accessible way, and is ideal readingfor all those with an interest in the prevention of diabetes andobesity, such as public health workers, specialists in diabetes andobesity, and GP's seeing patients with early onset orpre-diabetes symptoms.

Contributors, viiPreface, x1 What have we learned from the number of clinical trials?,1Jaana Lindström2 Identification of target populations for intervention,15Paul Valensi and Emmanuel Cosson3 Diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes prevention, 33Martin Buysschaert and Michael Bergman4 What do we know about recruitment and retention in diabetesprevention programs? An Australian perspective, 47Philip Vita, Prasuna Reddy, Amy Timoshanko, Andrew Milat, JaneShill, Alice Gibson, Greg Johnson and Stephen Colagiuri5 Depression and diabetes prevention, 70Norbert Hermanns6 Diabetes prevention in a challenging environment, 84Abdul Basit and Musarrat Riaz7 Global migration and prevention of diabetes, 94Bishwajit Bhowmik, Victoria Telle Hjellset and AkhtarHussain8 Diabetes prevention in practice: examples from the real world,114Konstantinos Makrilakis, Stavros Liatis, AleksandraGilis-Januszewska and Peter Schwarz9 Quality management and outcome evaluation in diabetesprevention, 129Markku Peltonen and Rüdiger Landgraf10 Training of prevention managers, 144Peter Kronsbein11 Prevention of type 2 diabetes: the role of physical activity,159Thomas Yates, Melanie Davies and Kamlesh Khunti12 Overview: Potentials of new media for the training of healtheducators in the fi eld of diabetes prevention, 177Daniel Tolks and Martin R. Fischer13 Practical approach to the implementation of diabetes prevention,195Avivit Cahn, Itamar Raz and Baruch ItzhakIndex, 209