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1 Department of Food and Nutrition, PAU, Ludhiana, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 42, No 12 (2005), Pagination: 549-559
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared India as the "Diabetic capital of the world". The factors like heredity, age, diet, sex, socioeconomic status, hypertension, various stresses and ethnicity, are involved in the etiology of Type 2 diabetes.