Dairy Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Men

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes affects approximately 16 million people in the United States and 135 million people worldwide; the number of people with diabetes will reach an estimated 300 million worldwide by 2025.^1,2 Because management of diabetes and its complications, such as cardiovascular disease, amputation, blindness, and renal failure, imposes enormous medical and economic burdens, primary prevention has become a public health imperative.¹