Diabetes is often regarded as the silent killer because of its easy-to-miss symptoms and its link to cardiovascular diseases. Diabetes a critical health issues specially in Asia, where most diabetics live. The book provide readers with up-to-date information about diabetes and also stimulate research to tackle this growing problem and ultimately to disarm this silent killer. This book also brings together a group of outstanding international researchers to share data and views on a wide range of diabetes-related topics, from the etiology of various forms of diabetes to new treatments and approaches to prevent complications.