The
number of adults worldwide with diabetes has more than doubled in the
past three decades - jumping to nearly 350 million. And it continues to
surge, according to a new study in the journal Lancet.
Researchers say much of this dramatic increase - in Pacific island
countries, North America and some of the Gulf states - is due to aging
populations and rapid population growth. But part of it has also been
driven by rising obesity rates, especially among young people.
It's documented: diabetes is a global problem. A new study shows that
one in 10 adults, in countries throughout the world, suffers from
diabetes.
"What our study shows is that it is not any more [no longer] a disease
of the affluent countries," said Goodarz Danaei, a researcher at the
Harvard School of Public Health and one of the study's authors.
Researchers collected data on blood sugar levels from nearly three
million people in 200 countries over a 30-year period. Most of the
participants had Type-2 diabetes, a disease linked to aging, obesity and
inactivity.
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The
number of adults worldwide with diabetes has more than doubled in the
past three decades - jumping to nearly 350 million. And it continues to
surge, according to a new study in the journal Lancet.
Researchers say much of this dramatic increase - in Pacific island
countries, North America and some of the Gulf states - is due to aging
populations and rapid population growth. But part of it has also been
driven by rising obesity rates, especially among young people.