Medical Xpress November 6, 2024
Nearly 16% of American adults—that’s close to one in six—now has diabetes, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Increasing age and widening waistlines greatly increase the odds of the disease, which happens when the body doesn’t use insulin properly, resulting in high blood sugar levels. If left unchecked, diabetes can be disabling and even life-threatening.
The vast majority (95%) of diabetes cases are type 2 diabetes, which occurs when the body’s cells no longer respond to insulin as they should. Insulin regulates levels of sugar in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is strongly connected to excessive weight.
The new data, collected from mid-2021 through mid-2023, found a big rise in diabetes rates...
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