资料统计表明,六十岁以上老年人糖尿病的发病率为10%～15%,糖尿病已成为老年人的常见病、多发病,严重威胁着老年人的健康。因此,本刊为了宣传、普及糖尿病防治知识,增强老年人的自我保健能力,特组织一些医学专家就“糖尿病防治”这个主题介绍一些自我保健方法,以使老年读者掌握防治糖尿病的基本常识,增强糖尿病患者的自我保健意识。 Statistics show that the incidence of diabetes in the elderly over the age of 60 10% to 15%, diabetes has become a common disease in older people, frequently-occurring disease, a serious threat to the health of the elderly. Therefore, in order to disseminate and popularize the knowledge of diabetes prevention and control and enhance the self-care ability of the elderly, this magazine publishes some self-care methods on the topic of “Diabetes Prevention and Control” by some medical specialists to enable elderly readers to grasp the basic common sense of diabetes prevention and treatment and enhance Diabetes patients self-care awareness.