Medical Xpress August 20, 2024
Type 2 diabetes increased by almost 20% between 2012 and 2022, according to a new study from the University of Georgia published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.
The researchers found an increase in diabetes among all sociodemographic groups. But non-Hispanic Black people were particularly hard hit by the disease, with just under 16% of Black study participants reporting being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
More than 1 in 5 individuals aged 65 or older had the condition. The same age group was more than 10 times as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than people in the 18- to-24-year age bracket. People between the ages of 45 and 64 were more than five times as likely to receive the diagnosis.
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