Diabétologie
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Malacarne, Sarah; Gastaldi, Giacomo Gianni Giuseppe; Philippe, Jacques
- Source
- Revue médicale suisse, Vol. 11, No 456-457 (2015) pp. 53-4,56-7
- Subject
- ddc:616
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/therapy
Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology/prevention & control
Humans
Life Style
- Language
- French
- ISSN
- 1660-9379
News on the front of diabetes have revealed the remarkable results of multifactorial treatment of type 2 diabetes on morbidity and mortality. Micro and macro-angiopathic complications have markedly decreased during the last 20 years. However, intervention trials on glycemic control alone show a slight or no benefit on cardiovascular complications or mortality when intensive treatment aims at HbA1c below 7.0-7.5%. Life adaption remains a critical part of diabetes treatment to decrease cardiovascular risk. Recent knowledge on nutrition and meal frequency has taught us to distrust old dogmas.