The Concept of CMR

Key Points

• Changes in human behaviour and lifestyle over the last century have spurred a dramatic increase in the incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes worldwide.
  
• Because obesity and diabetes are closely linked, the term “diabesity” has been coined to illustrate the interdependence of these two diseases.
• Obesity and type 2 diabetes frequently occur together and the majority of patients with type 2 diabetes are or have been obese.
• Besides genetic susceptibility, obesity is the most important risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
• Lifestyle changes are the best way to prevent obesity and slow this worldwide epidemic.