title: Type 2 diabetes in Asia: like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a threat to human health and wellbeing.
authors.affiliation: Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. mark.cooper@bakeridi.edu.au.
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Anthony S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rebuck
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D050177:Overweight; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors