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It is already a common knowledge that the prevalence of diabetes and obesity, as well as of their complications, have risen considerably worldwide affecting this way the quality of life for millions of people in the planet.

Statistics are significantly alarming as it appears that some 246 million people worldwide had diabetes in 2007, while according to WHO approximately 1.6 billion adults (age 15+) were overweight in 2005 and at least 400 million adults were obese.  These figures are expected to double by 2015.

The epidemic of diabetes and obesity although for many years had been considered a problem of the western world, has nowadays been spread even to developing countries in every corner of the planet.

Taking into consideration that cardiovascular disease is dramatically on the rise in the adult population and that in the same time we experience the onset of childhood type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia, it is more than obvious that metabolic disorders have become a health threat for the entire population.

According to IDF diabetes is certain to be one of the most challenging health problems in the 21^st century resulting in increasing disability, reduced life expectancy and enormous health costs for virtually every society.