The federal government recently released its latest Australian National Diabetes Strategy for 2021-2030, which conceded that remission of type 2 diabetes in adults could be achieved with dietary interventions such as "stepped food reintroduction" and lowcarbohydrate diets, as well as bariatric surgery.

"Diabetes is the most common chronic condition that general practice and our primary care system sees, and it has so many flow-on complications in terms of cardiovascular health, contributing to heart attacks and strokes, to kidney failure and dialysis," he said.

"By and large, we underestimate diabetes, and we under-treat it. And it comes back to bite later on. It does lead to premature death in many cases - too many cases - around the world. It is a serious, silent pandemic."