To tackle diabetes, science and health systems must take into account social context.

Seiglie, Jacqueline A; Nambiar, Devaki; Beran, David; Miranda, J Jaime · Nat Med · 2021

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Abstract

An increasing amount of publications are recognizing that a person’s risk of diabetes and diabetes outcomes are influenced largely by social determinants of health. This renewed understanding of disease should influence health provision and diabetes research, but will it?

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