Diabetes mellitus (DM) is defined as a group of diseases of metabolic origin resulting from the failure of secretion or action of insulin. It is divided into two main types: type I-related to the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic cells; and type II-related to alteration in production and cellular resistance to insulin (Mealey & Oates, 2006).Regardless of the degree of development of the country, DM is a significant and growing global health problem. In Brazil, the most recent data point to over sixteen million diagnoses, which has led to an
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