一个国际研究小组与世界卫生组织(WHO)合作进行了一个研究,结果显示全球成年人患糖尿病的人数比三十年前翻了一番,为3亿4千7百万人。这个发表在《柳叶刀》(The Lancet)上的文章揭示在过去三十年里,世界各地的患糖尿病的人数都有所增加或保持不变。
研究发现中国有1亿3千8百万人患糖尿病,而美国有3千6百万人。在高收入国家中,美国,格陵兰,马耳它,新西兰,和西班牙的糖尿病发生率最高。荷兰,澳大利亚,和法国的糖尿病发生率最低。
Dramatic new evidence signals the unfolding of an epidemic [of diabetes] in the United States”, proclaims Jeffrey Koplan, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a statement about findings in the February issue of the American Diabetes Association journal, Diabetes Care. Diabetes rates rose 6% among US adults in 1999 alone. From 1990–98, rates of diagnosed diabetes rose some 33%, and this increase coincided with a 57% increase in obesity, a leading diabetes risk factor.
REF:Marilynn Larkin. The Lancet, Volume 357, Issue 9258, Page 815, 10 March 2001
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