Banting lecture 2001 dysregulation of fatty acid metabolism in the etiology of type 2 diabetes

摘要

Readers of this journal do not need to be re- minded of the explosive increase in obesity/type 2 diabetic syndromes and their attendant stag- gering public health costs that are currently afflicting developed countries. Because of this alarming development and what it portends for the future if left unchecked, the American Diabetes Association, together with its counterparts around the world, as well as the World Health Organization, are faced with the daunting Challenge of finding answers to two huge questions.