The U.S. already has 24 million people with diabetes and another 54 million with prediabetes. Approximately one of every three persons born in the U.S. in 2000 will develop diabetes in his or her lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Incredible. And largely preventable if we have the will. Steve Parker, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘DM Prevalence’
May 22, 2009
Societal Changes and the Increasing Rates of Type 2 Diabetes
I ran across a thought-provoking article published a few months ago at DiabetesHealth online. It’s a non-scientific exploration of the potential causes of “diabesity,” the combination of obesity and type 2 diabetes. You’ll get a kick out of this especially if you’re over 40. Click here to read “50 Reasons Why Diabesity Wasn’t Prevalent 50 [...]
April 24, 2009
Diabetes Increases Dramatically
On June 24, 2008, the Centers for Disease Control released prevalence data for diabetes in the U.S. Nearly 24 million people now have diabetes, up three percent over just two years. This is eight percent of the population. The vast majority of cases are of type 2 diabetes, not the type 1 usually diagnosed in childhood. [...]
