Pre-diabetes and Diabetes Nearly Double Over the Past Two Decades

Home > News > News Releases > 2014 > Pre-diabetes and Diabetes Nearly Double Over the Past Two DecadesApril 15, 2014Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes Nearly Double Over the Past Two DecadesAlarming Increases in Blacks, Hispanics and the Elderly; Obesity Partly to BlameCases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with obesity apparently to blame for the surge. The researchers also found that the burden of the disease has not hit all groups equally, with alarming increases in diabetes in blacks, Hispanics and the elderly.According to new research reported in the April 15, 2014 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, diabetes increased from 6 percent to 10 percent in the past two decades …


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