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摘要

Linked to modern lifestyle, type 2 diabetes is one of the big health threats of the 21st century. At least 415 million people have the disease worldwide, twice as many as 20 years ago, with 650 million predicted by 2040. Finding the best strategies to prevent and treat it is now a race against time. That's why 45 major health organisations, including the American Diabetes Association, International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes UK, the Chinese Diabetes Society and Diabetes India, have called this week for surgery to be formally recognised as a standard treatment for the first time.