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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Home Science College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai - 625 104, IN
2 College of Home Science, Central Agricultural University, TURA : Meghalaya, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 44, No 5 (2007), Pagination: 283-287
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus, long considered a disease of minor significance to world health, is now emerging as one of the main threats to human health in the 21st century. In the Indian scenario, the World Health Organisation has estimated a sharp upswing in the number of diabetics from 19.4 million in 1995 to an expected 57.2 million by 2025.
