糖尿病是严重影响人类健康的慢性疾病之一,在发达国家其是仅次于心血管病及癌症的第3位死因。在我国,糖尿病也随着国人生活水平的提高和生活习惯的改变而快速增多,其发病率已由1980年的0.67％迅速上升为1996年的3.2％,并且还在以每年0.1％的惊人速度增长。据保守估计,我国现有糖尿病人超过4000万,同时还有约同等数量的预备 Diabetes is one of the chronic diseases that seriously affect human health. It is the third leading cause of death in cardiovascular disease and cancer in developed countries. In China, diabetes is also rapidly increasing with the improvement of living standards and living habits of the Chinese people. The incidence of diabetes has rapidly risen from 0.67% in 1980 to 3.2% in 1996 and is still increasing at an alarming rate of 0.1% per year increase. According to conservative estimates, there are more than 40 million diabetics in our country, and about the same amount of preparedness