Diabetes is skyrocketing in the United States. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the rate of new cases of diabetes has nearly doubled over the past 10 years. The main reasons? The growing number of obesity and sedentary lifestyles.
More than 23 million Americans have the disease. And the numbers keep soaring – the CDC says about 1.6 million new cases were diagnosed in people 20 or older last year. About 90-percent of the cases are type 2 diabetes – the form of the disease closely linked to obesity.
States with the highest rates of new cases were mainly in the South: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Minnesota had the lowest rate.
The CDC says losing modest amounts of weight and getting more exercise can help prevent diabetes but many people just aren’t doing that.
You can see the full report here.
That was a scary report, that’s for sure…
You know, I’ve been struggling with the “honeymoon” phase of Type 1 diabetes for over a year now and I’m 143lbs, 5′7″, BMI of 22 and I walk about 2-4 miles a day (5 days a week) and I’m not even on insulin yet. I have been told I may have a form of MODY and have had others tell me that I’m type 2 but I don’t fit the typical type 2 stature…
It drives me nuts having to deal with the high and low BG’s all the time. My A1C is 4.5 and yet I have GB’s as high as 300 and as low as 40. I tell ya, it’s very fustrating when there’s nothing you can do to prevent it unlike type 2. I’m basically (excuse the term) damned if I do and damned if I don’t in the aspects of eating, dieting and exercising!!!
Any advice for this such problem?
-Barb
Thanks for sharing your story, Barbara. It sounds really frustrating for you! Maybe Dr. Hubbard has some advice???