Trends in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity - Disturbing
Trends in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity - Disturbing
Ninety percent of the people diagonsed with diabetes are told they are Type 2 diabetic, that is being resistant to theeffects of insulin or not making enough for their use).
In a November 2009 report, researchers at the University of Chicago indicate that:.
*Nearly doubling in the next 25 years, those with diabetes are expected to increasefrom 24 million today to 44 million peopleassuming that the proportion of obese people stay constant.
*The cost of treating these diabetes cases will grow nearly three times from 113 to 336 billion dollars over the same time,measured in constant 2007 dollars (adjusted for inflation).
*The Medicare portion of spending on diabetes is expected to increase from 45 to 171 billion dollars.
The cost of treating these diabetes cases will almost triple from 113 to 336 billion dollars over the same time, measured inconstant 2007 dollars (adjusted for inflation). Of this cost, the Medicare portion (the elderly and disabled population) is expected to climb from 45 to 171 billions of dollars.
These figures are conservative because they assume the number of obese people will not rise. Records indicate that obesity isrising, with approixmately 30 percent of the US population considered obese today. As indicated by the Medicare portion of the anticipated medical diabetes costs, much of the population that will have to deal with this are the 'baby boomers', those people born between 1946 and 1957. According to Dr. Elbert Huang, professor of medicine at the U of C and study co-author "It's a combination of increasing numbers and cost that drive these frightening numbers."
This reinforces the need to prevent diabetes through public and private health efforts. Prevention of diabetes (type 2 for most people) requires transformation of the way we eat, increasing the amount of exercise performed, and points out the importance of finding new ways of treating diabetes efficiently. The key for most people that contract diabetes through this route, means finding a way to reduce insulin resistance by ways other than with prescriptions.
David Kendall, chief scientific and medical officer of the American Diabetes Association commented on these findings "Thestudy was entirely consistant with previous reporta that show the growth and costs of diabetes aresubstantialand everincreasing".
Loyola University Health Systems issued a report in the fall of 2009 that noted more diabetics are becomingmorbidly obese. It stated that 1 in 5 people with Type 2 diabetes are over 100 pounds overweight. This fullfills the medicaldefinition of morbid obesity. Further detail in the report noted that 62 percent of Type 2 adults in the US are obese and 21
percent are morbidly obese. In the African-American population with diabetes, one third are morbidly obese.
These figures arearrived at by measuring body fat comparied with height and weight as recommended by the body mass index.
People that are morbidly obese have a series of issues beyond diabetes (or in addition to diabetes) which can include:
*Heart disease
*End-stage kidney disease
*Arthritis
*Sleep apnea
*Fatty liver disease
These issues illustrate that diabetes is not isolated and multiple medical issues can have similar sources.
By controlling your weight, these issues can be avoided by most people. This is proven to be possible through a combinationof diet modification and exercise. Both of these ideas are influenced by popular culture and individual choice. Makingpositivechoicesare supported through help available in many directions. Action fueled by motivation and supported byeducation is an effective way to avoid Type 2 diaabetes.
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