01.Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes; from Science to Therapies: Introduction - Emily Jane Gallagher, Derek LeRoith
02.Pathophysiology: Loss of ß-cell function - Ele Ferrannini, Andrea Mari
03.Pathophysiology of Insulin Resistance: Implications for Prevention - Shamsa Ali, Vivian A. Fonseca
04.Epidemiology Including Youth through Adulthood & Socioeconomic Impact - Helen Looker
05.Prediabetes Genes in Pima and Amish - Leslie J. Baier
06.Predicting Diabetes - Rachel Danker, Jesse Roth
07.Screening for Prediabetes and Diabetes - Amir Tirosh
08.Neuropathy in pre-Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome - Aaron I. Vinik, Marie-Laure Nevoret
09.Interventional Trials to Prevent Diabetes: Diabetes Prevention Program - Vanita R. Aroda, Robert E. Ratner
10.Decreasing Postprandial Plasma Glucose in Subjects with IGT by Using an α (alpha)-Glucosidase Inhibitor for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The STOP-NIDDM Trial - Jean-Louis Chiasson, Markku Laakso, and Markolf Hanefeld
11.Da Qing, Finnish DPP, Tripod and Dream: Lifestyle and Thiazolidinediones in the Prevention of Diabetes - Mariela Glandt, Zachary Bloomgarden
12.Community Approaches to Diabetes Prevention - Ann Albright, David Williamson
13.Think Locally, Act Locally, Extend Globally: Diabetes Prevention Through Partnerships with Local Communities - Carol R. Horowitz, Brett Ives
14.Global Challenge in Diabetes Prevention from Practice to Public Health - Peter E.H. Schwarz
About the Author: Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, is the editor of 6 Springer titles: five on the biomedicine side and one from clinical medicine.