In the late 1970s both WHO (1) and the National Diabetes Data Group (2) produced new
diagnostic criteria and a new classification system for diabetes mellitus. This brought order to a …

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drafting of the strategy by Professor W Stamm, Professor ML Grayson, Professor L Nicolle …

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It was nearly 20 years ago that a group of scientists met under the aegis of the World Health
Organization to examine ways to use anthropometry for assessing the nutritional status of …

… The Consultation provided an opportune moment for FAO and WHO to draw on the latest
scientific evidence available and to update recommendations for action to governments, …

… who collaborated to develop this consensus classification.2 A basic principle of the WHO …
Essentially, the WHO classification attempts to incorporate those disease characteristics that …

… In the same year, WHO established an 18-member Advisory Group to guide its activities on
… Every March, WHO organizes a meeting in Geneva that brings together the members of the …