author(s)
Dr. Tobin Joesph and Dr. Saumya P Jose

abstract
Diabetes is a major and rising public health challenge which looms to devastate medical services in the future. Type 2 diabetes deliberates significant morbidity and mortality, with target organ damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves and heart. Prevention is always the best medicine for all comorbid and non-comorbid illness. This review aims to recapitulate the lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical therapies targeted preventing diabetes and pre diabetes. Various pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions are studied.