ABSTRACT
Introduction Type 2 diabetes is one of the most important health problems faced by the world today. It accounts for 85 to 95% of diabetes in populations worldwide,1 arising from a combination of resistance to the action of insulin, which is strongly associated with obesity and physical inactivity, and the inability of the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas to secrete enough insulin to overcome that resistance. This leads to rising blood glucose levels and, eventually, diagnosis of diabetes, based on glucose rising above dened levels.2
