Diabetes

Sharp Increase in U.S. in 1990s Related to Americans' Weight Gain

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 17th, 2000

Diabetes increased at an alarming rate in the United States during the past decade - rising 70% among people in their 30s - and health experts are blaming the wired-up, couch-potato culture of the 1990s.

Diabetes is closely tied to obesity, and doctors say the higher incidence of the disease is due in large part to America's weight problem.

Obesity is "not just a cosmetic issue anymore," said Dr. Frank Vinicor, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's diabetes division.

The share of the population diagnosed with diabetes jumped 33% nationally, to 6.5%, between 1990 and 1998, the government said...

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