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
    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