Preface I. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OVERVIEW 1. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: An Overview SALEH ADI AND ANDREA GERARD GONZALEZ 2. Prediabetes: Prevalence, Pathogenesis, and Recognition of Enhanced Risk ALOK K. GUPTA, AJAY MENON, MEGHAN BRASHEAR AND WILLIAM D. JOHNSON 3. Targeting Prediabetes to Preempt Diabetes SREEDHARAN N, MAHADEV RAO AND SONAL SEKHAR M 4. Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Youths: New Challenges to Overcome NICOLA SANTORO, COSIMO GIANNINI AND SONIA CAPRIO 5. Roles of Environmental Pollution and Pesticides in Diabetes and Obesity: The Epidemiological Evidence CHARLES J. EVERETT, DANIRA MEDUNJANIN AND IVAR L. FRITHSEN 6. An Overview of the Roles of the Gut Microbiome in Obesity and Diabetes GILLIAN M. BARLOW, EUGENIA A. LIN AND RUCHI MATHUR II. TYPES OF DIABETES AND ITS CORRELATION WITH OTHER DISEASES 7. Role of Peripheral Neuropathy in the Development of Foot Ulceration and Impaired Wound Healing in Diabetes Mellitus FRANCESCO TECILAZICH AND ARISTIDIS VEVES 8. The Association of Diabetes in the Onset of Dementia in the Elderly Population: An Overview ABHAI KUMAR AND SMITA SINGH 9. The Role of Insulin Resistance in the Cardiorenal Syndrome ADAM WHALEY-CONNELL AND JAMES R. SOWERS 10. An Overview on Diabetic Nephropathy KEI FUKAMI AND SHO-ICHI YAMAGISHI 11. An Overview of Diabetic Retinopathy SHINTARO NAKAO, SHIGEO YOSHIDA AND KOH-HEI SONODA 12. An Overview of Gestational Diabetes CHRISTOPHER FEDERICO AND GABRIELLA PRIDJIAN 13. Diabetes, a Potential Threat to the Development and Progression of Tumor Cells in Individuals SAYANTAN MAITRA, STABAK DAS AND PRADIPTA BANERJEE III. MOLECULAR INSIGHTS OF DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME 14. Lipid-Induced Insulin Resistance: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications SATINATH MUKHOPADHYAY, DEEP DUTTA AND DIPYAMAN GANGULY 15. Gene-Environment Interaction in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes KIAN-PENG GOH 16. Renal Sodium-Glucose Transporter-2 Inhibitors and Antidiabetic Agents ANAND S. NAIR, DEBASIS BAGCHI AND SREEJAYAN NAIR 17. Emerging Role of MicroRNA in Diabetes Mellitus ANAND S. NAIR AND DEBASIS BAGCHI IV. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 18. Insulin Resistance Syndrome: A Crucial Example Where a Physiological Continuum of Risks Needs Attention HARRY G. PREUSS 19. Sleep Disturbances, Hypertension, and Type 2 Diabetes MICHELLE A. MILLER AND FRANCESCO P. CAPPUCCIO 20. Roles of Pancreatic Cell Function, Liver, Skeletal Muscle, and Adipose Tissue in Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome BEVERLY S. MÜHLHÄUSLER 21. Glycemic Variability and Its Clinical Implications NARSINGH VERMA 22. Diabetic Wound Inflammation SCOTT CHAFFEE, AMITAVA DAS, SUMAN SANTRA AND SASHWATI ROY 23. Sarcopenia, Diabetes, and Nutritional Intervention SHEILA M. WICKS, IVAN SALAMON, ANGELA I. CALDERON, ESPERANZA CARCACHE DE BLANCO AND GAIL B. MAHADY V. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT 1: DIET, EXERCISE, SUPPLEMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES 24. Dietary Polyphenols, Gut Microbiota, and Intestinal Epithelial Health MEIJUN ZHU 25. Reducing the Risk of Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome With Exercise and Physical Activity DAWN BLATT AND CHERI L. GOSTIC 26. Nutraceutical Impact on the Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus ODETE MENDES, LEE KOETZNER AND JAYSON CHEN 27. Therapeutic Effect of Fucoxanthin on Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes KAZUO MIYASHITA, SHOW NISHIKAWA AND MASASHI HOSOKAWA 28. Safety and Antidiabetic Efficacy of a Novel Trigonella foenum-graecum Seed Extract ANAND SWAROOP, MANASHI BAGCHI, HARRY G. PREUSS AND DEBASIS BAGCHI 29. Beneficial Effects of Chromium(III) and Vanadium Supplements in Diabetes JOHN B. VINCENT 30. Protective Role of Alpha-Tocopherol in Diabetic Nephropathy DAIKI HAYASHI AND YASUHITO SHIRAI 31. Antidiabetic Activity of Curcumin: Insight Into Its Mechanisms of Action MARZENA WOJCIK, MICHAL KRAWCZYK AND LUCYNA A. WOZNIAK 32. Meal Plans for Diabetics: Caloric Intake, Calorie Counting, and Glycemic In ukryj opis