Preface

This book provides a comprehensive overview of type 1 diabetes, ranging from its bleak history to contemporary practices and targets for the future. It includes nine chapters organized into two sections. The first section includes five chapters that address the management of type 1 diabetes. The second section includes four chapters that examine the etiopathogenesis of diabetes. Written by specialists in diabetes from around the world, including Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe, chapters include figures and tables to illustrate important concepts. With its comprehensive coverage of the state of the art in diabetes, this volume is a useful resource for family physicians, diabetologists, educators, nurses, students, and other interested readers.

I would like to thank the staff at IntechOpen, especially Author Service Managers Ms. Silvia Sabo and Ms. Sara Debeuc, for their assistance throughout the publication process.

*Mission: from recent history to dawning future (Years of milestones in diabetes management). Roman numerals at figure margins serve as reminders of important dates related to pancreas function [1, 2], insulin discovery [3–6], technology for insulin substitution [7], therapeutic exercise [8], and risk of atherosclerosis [9], which created a base for topics presented in chapters of this book [10].*
