Diabetes Cases to Double in 25 Years-costs to care for the patients will triple

[The Straight Story]

Diabetes Cases to Double in 25 Years

If Americans don't eat better and exercise more, diabetes cases will double by 2034 and costs to care for the patients will triple, according to a new report that paints a bleak picture of the future.

With diabetes, the body fails to metabolize glucose, or blood sugar. Diabetes is the leading cause of amputations, blindness, and end-stage kidney disease.

Obesity, poor diet and lack of exercise are all known factors that have contributed to an already serious increase in type 2 cases, the variety that is largely preventable and comprises about 95 percent of all cases.

One example of how out of control the situation has become: A 1991 study projected U.S. diabetes cases would double, from 6.5 million in 1987 to 11.6 million by 2030. We're already at 23.7 million cases.

"If we don't change our diet and exercise habits or find new, more effective and less expensive ways to prevent and treat diabetes, we will find ourselves in a lot of trouble as a population," said the study's lead author Dr. Elbert Huang, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago.

The study is detailed in the December issue of Diabetes Care.

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[ensho]

1. the health Barons LOVE diabetes. a great money maker for them

they would kill anyone who came up with a cure.

[ensho]

2. kicking

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[Gwendolyn]

3. Over the last five years I've put together tons of ad material for diabetes cookbooks,

exercise and lifestyle books, etc. There's a huge niche market for it, and growing by the day.

I hope they find a way to clone humans at some point. The bodies we're born with just keep getting sicker and bigger.

[Nikki Stone1]

4. Subsidize fruit, vegetables and lean meat with a huge tax on junk food.

That would be a start.

[Hannah Bell]

5. especially if they lower the target numbers again.