Description
Diabetes can rightly be called the new plague of the 21st century. Approximately 1.4 million people develop diabetes in the US every year, with the most dramatic increase in cases of type 2 diabetes — also known as diabetes mellitus or adult diabetes. While type 2 diabetes has become a major public health concern, our presenter details straightforward lifestyle changes you can make to prevent or even reverse it.
Peter Pribis, MD, DrPH, is an associate professor of nutrition and dietetics in the Department of Individual, Family, & Community Education at UNM. He is also a registered dietician, and has authored many articles and peer-reviewed articles for publication, in addition to a book chapter and cookbooks. He is an enthusiastic advocate of the benefits of healthy nutrition and promoter of evidence-based lifestyle medicine.