Journal
DIABETOLOGIA
Volume 61, Issue 7, Pages 1517-1521Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-018-4607-1
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Diabetes; Environmental drivers; Lifestyle behaviours; Obesity; Prevention; Social networks; Systems science; Upstream determinants
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- NWO VENI grant on 'Making the healthy choice easier - role of the local food environment' [451-17-032]
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Diabetes risk factors outside the individual are receiving increasing attention. In this issue of Diabetologia, Nielsen et al (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s001 25-018-4587-1) demonstrate that an individual's obesity level is associated with incident type 2 diabetes in their spouse. This is in line with studies providing evidence for spousal and peer similarities in lifestyle behaviours and obesity. Non-random mating and convergence over time are two explanations for this phenomenon, but shared exposure to more upstream drivers of diabetes may also play a role. From a systems-science perspective, these mechanisms are likely to occur simultaneously and interactively as part of a complex system. In this commentary, we provide an overview of the wider system-level factors that contribute to type 2 diabetes.
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