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Diabetes is a Disease Other People Get!
A new
survey finds that most Americans believe diabetes is a major
health problem -- for somebody else.
Seventy-one percent of the 1,055 adults polled in a survey say
diabetes is a serious problem in the USA, but 80% have never
discussed it with a physician and 67% say they're not concerned
about developing the disease.
Overall, 39% of those polled, say they're overweight -- a risk
factor for type 2 diabetes. But the percentages are higher among
the middle-aged: 47% of those ages 45-54 say they're overweight,
and 53% of the 55-64 age group consider themselves overweight.
Yet, in those groups, only 30% and 36%, respectively, are
concerned about developing diabetes.
People seem to recognize that they are overweight, but not the
connection between being overweight and the risk of type 2
diabetes. Someone might put 2 and 2 together and get 4 when 80% of
people with type 2 diabetes are overweight, and an estimated 6% of
non-diabetic people who are overweight will develop diabetes each
year.
Twenty years ago, only 2% of children diagnosed with diabetes had
type 2. Today, it accounts for 30% to 50% of new diagnoses among
children 9 to 19.
It is estimated that we will see the number of diabetics double to
over 50 million in the coming years. Then maybe it won’t be just
the other guy.
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FACT:
Insulin
resistance begins 20 years before the onset of type 2 diabetes
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