About the Author

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is an independent, internationally renowned medical research facility working on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Its six main areas of research are- population studies and profiling, human physiology and behavioural science, metabolism, diabetic complications, vascular biology and hypertension, and cardiology and therapeutics. The Institute also runs a multidisciplinary, evidence-based diabetes clinic, helps train health professionals and collaborates on international research projects involving heart disease and diabetes.