Phenomenal Rise In Type 2 Diabetes Makes it a Global Concern

Mon, 27 Jun 2011
Type 2 Diabetes is on the rise with almost ten per cent of the population suffering from this condition.

The last three decades has seen diabetes double to approximately 347 million diabetics worldwide, according to a new study from Imperial College.

It is now a worldwide problem and could be the key issue for global health over the next decade.

The study forecasts that in the future there is going to be a massive burden on medical costs and an increase in physical disability, as diabetes increases the diabetic's chances of getting heart disease, amputations, blindness, kidney failure and certain other infections.

These figures do not take in to account the generations of overweight children as well as adults who have yet to reach middle age. This will prove to be an immense cost for the health systems.

High cholesterol and high blood pressure can be contained, yet it is not that easy to do so for diabetes.

The main problems in America and the UK, as in India, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, are growing levels of obesity and inactivity.

The study monitored progress of diabetics in 200 countries over 30 years and confirms that diabetes is a global problem.

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