In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Richard Pratley talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE meeting in Austin, Texas about the treatment of obesity in people with not just type 2 diabetes but type 1 as well, and the need for more aggressive prediabetes treatment.

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Richard Pratley talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE meeting in Austin, Texas about his work with diabetes patients and the growing epidemic of overweight and obesity among patients with type 1 diabetes.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Richard Pratley talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE meeting in Austin, Texas about prediabetes intervention and options for prediabetes treatment outside of metformin.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Richard Pratley talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE meeting in Austin, Texas about potentially more aggressive treatment of prediabetes.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Richard Pratley talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE meeting in Austin, Texas about his message for health care experts and the use of bariatric surgery in people with type 1 diabetes.

In part 5, the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, Richard Pratley talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the AACE meeting in Austin, Texas about his anticipated visit to the ADA convention.

Aaron Kowalski, PhD is the Chief Mission Officer and Vice President of Research at JDRF. He was appointed the JDRF's first Chief Mission officer in December 2014 and serves as a key link between JDRF and the broad diabetes community.

Transcript: Dr. Aaron Kowalski on the meaning of his role as Chief Mission Officer of JDRF, and the work being funded to advance the cause of curing type 1 diabetes one day, as well as toward improving the quality of life for diabetes patients today.

In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Aaron Kowalski talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the meaning of his role as Chief Mission Officer and the work being funded to not only advance the cause of curing type 1 diabetes one day in the unknown future, but the work toward improving the quality of life for these people today.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Aaron Kowalski talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the personal impact of diabetes on his own life and defining what a diabetes cure could mean to different people.