The most important thing in preventing type two diabetes is prevention, i.e. fighting obesity, a good diet and physical activity, emphasized Senator Agnieszka Gorgoń-Komor, MD, PhD, during the debate "How to stop the diabetes epidemic?" organized by the Medical Center MUW and held on March 15 at the Medical University of Warsaw. The senator added that Poles live ten years less than Italians or Spaniards due to diseases of civilization.