The number of adults with diabetes in the world has increased from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014 due to rise in prevalence, population growth and ageing. Diabetes Mellitus has been projected to become the 7th leading causes of death in 2030.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is potentially reversible. A better term to use would be remission which is defined to be achieving glucose level below the diabetic range in the absence of active pharmacologic or surgical therapy. It can further be divided into partial or complete and if complete remission lasts for more than 5 years, it would be considered as prolonged remission.
