Type 2 diabetes is declining, but not equally

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The incidence of type 2 diabetes among Australian adults is declining. However this decline is not being seen across all ethnic backgrounds.

From 2011 to 2019, the incidence increased among those born in Asia, North Africa, the Middle East and Pacific Islands.

It has prompted calls to adjust prevention strategies to better serve people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Guest

• Professor Jonathan Shaw, Deputy Director of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

References

• Changes in the incidence of type 2 diabetes in Australia, 2005–2019, overall and by socio-demographic characteristics: a population-based study