New York Times Examines ‘Global Crisis’ Of Diabetes In Four-Part Series

New York Times’ in-depth series, “Bad Blood,” about the diabetes epidemic in New York City, is a compelling portrayal of New Yorkers struggling with the increased incidence of this devastating chronic disease. It could be about any city in the U.S.

The New York Times 2 weeks ago published a four-part series that examined diabetes, “a global crisis” that is “emerging as the biggest health problem menacing New York City.” After a one-year examination, the Times found “an alarming lack of urgency about the threat among patients, doctors, insurers” and public health officials, in part because the disease “can take years to show symptoms” (New York Times, 1/9). Headlines from the articles in the series appear below.

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• “Diabetes and Its Awful Toll Quietly Emerge as a Crisis” (Kleinfield, New York Times, 1/9).

• “By the Numbers: One Scourge in Two Forms” (New York Times, 1/9).

• “Living at an Epicenter of Diabetes, Defiance and Despair” (Kleinfield, New York Times, 1/10).

• “In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay” (Urbina, New York Times, 1/11).

• “East Meets West, Adding Pounds and Peril” (Santora, New York Times, 1/12).

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DID YOU KNOW:

In 2005, the average American ate 80 meals at restaurants, a drop of 18 percent from 1985. But over the same period, the selection of take-home meals rose 72 percent to 57 meals a year. And while restaurant take-out climbs in popularity, supermarket take-out is also a force. Forty-two percent of adults are purchasing supermarket take-out each month—a 12 percent surge in the past two years. Food Technology magazine—What, When, and Where America Eats.