Fast Facts: Type 2 Diabetes: Identify early, intervene effectively, make every contact count

Fast Facts: Type 2 Diabetes provides a practical overview of this increasingly common health condition. Written by and for health professionals working in primary care, this colourful and accessible handbook highlights important practice points that cover:

• identifying and managing those at risk of developing type 2 diabetes

• multifactorial interventions to prevent and treat complications

• monitoring recommendations An indispensable read for anyone wanting to get up to speed with best practice in primary care.

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology

• Prevention strategies

• Diagnosis

• Self-management

• Lowering blood glucose

• Hypertension and dyslipidemia

• Monitoring and microvascular complications

• Macrovascular complications

• Special populations