Cultural adaptation of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program for diabetes prevention in India: the Kerala diabetes prevention program (K-DPP)

• Main Authors: Elezebeth Mathews (Author), Emma Thomas (Author), Pilvikki Absetz (Author), Fabrizio D'Esposito (Author), Zahra Aziz (Author), Sajitha Balachandran (Author), Meena Daivadanam (Author), Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan (Author), Brian Oldenburg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is now one of the leading causes of disease-related deaths globally. India has the world's second largest number of individuals living with diabetes. Lifestyle change has been proven to be an effective means by which to reduce risk of T2DM and...