New Zealand’s slow uptake of carbohydrate-reduction in type 2 diabetes management

Marcus Hawkins; Caryn Zinn

doi:10.1071/HC24011

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New Zealand’s slow uptake of carbohydrate-reduction in type 2 diabetes management

Marcus Hawkins

¹ ^* , Caryn Zinn

²

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¹ Botany Doctor Medical Practice, Botany Town Centre, 588 Chapel Road, Botany, Auckland, New Zealand.

² School of Sport & Recreation, Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.

^* Correspondence to: marcus@botanydoctor.co.nz

Journal of Primary Health Care 16(1) 101-102 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC24011

Submitted: 30 January 2024 Accepted: 8 February 2024 Published: 16 February 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

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