Living with diabetes "Chronic diseases must be countered at their source," says Pesus Chou, a professor at National Yangming University's Community Medicine Research Center. Once diabetes shows clinical symptoms, it is already too late to prevent, and therefore diabetes prevention must focus on avoiding risk factors.
面對、接受、處理、放下「慢性病的防治要做在源頭，」陽明大學社區醫學研究中心教授周碧瑟指出，站在流行病學三段五級的預防觀念，糖尿病一旦有了臨床症狀已屬次段、三級，此時防治已太慢了。