In 2021, approximately 537 million adults are living with diabetes. The total number of people living with diabetes is projected to rise to 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045. Until the beginning of the twentieth century, it was a sentence of death for those who suffered from Type 1 diabetes. Their miserable fate was a very short life based on a radical diet. With the introduction of insulin, a handful of doctors and scientists brought these patients back to a nearly normal life.

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Diabetes. A New Life

  • Sibylle Scholtz,
  • Myriam Becker,
  • Lee MacMorris,
  • Achim Langenbucher

摘要

In 2021, approximately 537 million adults are living with diabetes. The total number of people living with diabetes is projected to rise to 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045. Until the beginning of the twentieth century, it was a sentence of death for those who suffered from Type 1 diabetes. Their miserable fate was a very short life based on a radical diet. With the introduction of insulin, a handful of doctors and scientists brought these patients back to a nearly normal life.