MODERN VIEW OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Keywords:
type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), insulin, autoimmune response, pancreas, β-cells, antigen-presenting cells.Abstract
As the United States has entered the 21st century, the epidemic of obesity and T2DM continues unabated, affecting more young adults and children than in the past. They will spend longer periods of their lives with the disease. Perhaps partly under the pressure of commercial interests, we as a nation have learned to eat too quickly, too much and the wrong foods. However, the problem of obesity and its consequences is widespread throughout the world, affecting both developing and economically developed countries. In people with energy-saving insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) genes, this excess food and especially insulin-inducing carbohydrates leads to obesity, the IRS phenotype, and T2DM. Almost half of new cases of diabetes in adolescents can be classified as type 2 diabetes.
