Low health literacy is associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in Germany

• Hoofdauteurs: Daniel Tajdar (Auteur), Dagmar Lühmann (Auteur), Regina Fertmann (Auteur), Tim Steinberg (Auteur), Hendrik van den Bussche (Auteur), Martin Scherer (Auteur), Ingmar Schäfer (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Low health literacy is believed to be associated with behaviours that increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. But there is limited knowledge on the relation between health literacy (HL) and diabetes risk, and whether improving HL could be a potential prevention strategy. Therefore,...