**Meet the editor**

Dr. Ahmed R.G. received his PhD degree in Developmental Biology (Developmental Endocrinology) from Beni-Suef University, Egypt and completed his research training (postdoctoral fellowship) as a visiting scholar at the Catholic University, Belgium. Also, he has outstanding records of scientific and academic accomplishments with multiple research funding, numerous publications

(books/papers) in highly prestigious journals and various presentations in both national and international conferences. He is a member of numerous eminent societies, organizations and schools. On the other hand, he served as a scientific editor and a reviewer for the national and international research institutions. He received the Publons Peer Review Award (one of the top 1% of peer reviewers in science and research; honoring the Sentinels of Science and Research).

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Diabetes 55**

**Epidemiological Facts 71**

Nunes Frizzo and Mirna Stela Ludwig

**Hyperthermia in Diabetics 89**

**Young Diabetics 109**

Chapter 6 **Body Temperature Regulation During Exercise and**

Ryosuke Takeda and Kazunobu Okazaki

Castell and Manuel Moya-Benavent

Chapter 7 **Amino Acid Plasma Concentrations and Urinary Excretion in**

Chapter 1 **Diabetes Mellitus in South Asia 1**

Chapter 2 **Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults 23** Javier Eduardo Escober Torres

Viduranga Y. Waisundara and Naofumi Shiomi

Chapter 3 **Very Low-Calorie Diets in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Effects on Inflammation, Clinical and Metabolic Parameters 41** Luis M. Román-Pintos, Geannyne Villegas-Rivera, Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz, Adolfo D. Rodríguez-Carrizalez, Aldo Moreno-

Ulloa, Nicole Rubin and Alejandra G. Miranda-Díaz

Chapter 4 **DPP-4 Inhibitors and Fat Metabolism in Patients with Type 2**

Alexander S. Ametov and Dinara G. Gusenbekova

**Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM): When Experimental Data Explains**

Thiago Gomes Heck, Pauline Brendler Goettems Fiorin, Matias

Teodoro Durá-Travé, Fidel Gallinas-Victoriano, Ernesto Cortes-

Chapter 5 **Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Air Pollution and Type 2**
