Nearly 10 percent of the world’s adults have diabetes, and the prevalence of the disease is rising rapidly. As in the United States and other wealthy nations, increased obesity and inactivity are the primary cause in such developing countries as India and in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. That’s the sobering conclusion of a study published Saturday in the journal Lancet that traces trends in diabetes and average blood sugar readings in about 200 countries and regions over the past three decades. Read full article >>
Diabetes Becoming Alarmingly Common Worldwide, New Study Finds
David Brown, Washington Post
Sat, 06/25/2011 - 6:58pm
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