Some real beautiful data graphs in this paper

Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02317-1

The Top 4 Countries by rate:

  1. India 26%
  2. China 18%
  3. USA 5%
  4. Pakistan 4%

This is only accounting for tracked diabetes, so some of the areas might have larger numbers.

  • angrystego@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    So what the hell is going on in India and China? 26 % and 18% are huge numbers compared to the usual 1% in the rest of the world.

    • jet@hackertalks.comOPEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, that is a puzzle.

      India does have a very large vegetarian population, which means they have a high carb diet, which is a necessary component of T2D.

      That doesn’t explain China, china is the puzzle. I’ve seen a theory that the only major dietary change in China is the proliferation of industrial cooking oils which does increase insulin resistance in mice.

      • angrystego@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, it’s around a fifth of the population. There must be something seriously wrong there. Like something not found anywhere else but widespread in those countries.

        • jet@hackertalks.comOPEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          Europeans tend to have hyperplasic fat, and Asian tend to have hypertrophic fat. Meaning a European can get much fatter then a asian before the REALLY BAD THINGS start to happen. That might be a variable