Diabetes burden in Brazil: fraction attributable to overweight, obesity, and excess weight
OBJECTIVE To estimate the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its percentage attributable to overweight and obesity in Brazil. METHODS The burden of diabetes mellitus was described in terms of disability-adjusted life years, which is the sum of two components: years of life lost and years lived w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2015-01-01
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Series: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100219&lng=en&tlng=en |