{"id":1053148,"date":"2011-08-28T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/the-diabetes-pandemic-1-in-4-u-s-adults-now-has-diabetes.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:48:29","slug":"the-diabetes-pandemic-1-in-4-u-s-adults-now-has-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/the-diabetes-pandemic-1-in-4-u-s-adults-now-has-diabetes.php","title":{"rendered":"The diabetes pandemic: 1 in 4 U.S. adults now has diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_LY7APi0bufs\/RrCibh_MkGI\/AAAAAAAABiM\/_pkrSalc4iU\/s1600-h\/Obesity-waist_circumference.PNG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5d9a7_Obesity-waist_circumference.PNG\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>The number of adults with diabetes has doubled within the past 30 years.<\/p><p>70% of the increase is attributed to population growth and ageing. However, the number also reflects the unfortunate global shift towards a western lifestyle of unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, with obesity as the outcome.<\/p><p>Between 1980 and 2008, the global body-mass index (BMI) increased by 0&middot;4&mdash;0&middot;5 kg\/m2 per decade. <\/p><p>In the USA, 10% of infants and toddlers already carry excess weight. More than 20% of children between the ages of 2 years and 5 years are overweight or obese. <\/p><p>By 2030, the number of individuals with diabetes worldwide is expected to rise to half a billion (470 million) - almost 80% of whom will be in low-income and middle-income countries. In these regions, diabetes drugs and insulin are often inaccessible or are too expensive.<\/p><p>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(11)61068-4\/fulltext?rss=yes\">The diabetes pandemic<\/a>. 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