Type 2 Diabetes: how informed are the general public? A cross-sectional study investigating disease awareness and barriers to communicating knowledge in high-risk populations in London

• Main Authors: Reem Kayyali (Author), Natasha Slater (Author), Aisha Sahi (Author), Deepa Mepani (Author), Karima Lalji (Author), Ako Abdallah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preventing type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is one of the biggest health challenges currently facing the UK, with the NHS spending £14 billion each year on treating the disease and associated symptoms. Aims The aim of this study was to determine the public's awareness about the sympto...