Top 5 Interesting Diabetes News From Around The World
December 26, 2007 by Kendra James, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Top 5 interesting tidbits of news about diabetes from around the world this fine Wednesday morning…
1. One out of every four citizens of the United Arab Emirates has diabetes — a federation that includes the city-states of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
3. About 250,000 children in Germany have diabetes and concerns grow as three to four new children here are diagnosed with diabetes every day… some families have turned to a private nanny service to help with the rigorous medical care, often including thousands of insulin injections throughout a patient’s childhood.
4. In adults, the development of insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, is influenced more by current body weight than by birth weight, results of a study in twins suggests.
5. Bahrain has the fourth highest prevalence of diabetes in the world, it has been revealed. However, a top doctor has warned the figure is rising along with global diabetes cases. “More than 15 per cent of the adult population of the country, aged between 20 and 79, are affected”…
Kendra:
This is fascinating; often, the media seems to equate diabetes and the weight of our nation’s population. However, these stats would suggest to me that diabetes is an international disease that may or may not be related to obesity or increased weight.
Very, very interesting stuff!