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Home / Health News / 80% of diabetics are from developing countries, and they are not fat

80% of diabetics are from developing countries, and they are not fat

And you thought diabetes is a 'heavy' issue!

ANI   | Published: February 18, 2018 9:36 am
Tags: Body fat  Diabetes awareness  Obesity epidemic  Obesity in India  Obesity-related disorders  
Insulin resistance risk: A high sugar diet, especially with a lot of fructose, is shown to cause insulin resistance, in which the cells do not respond to insulin. This increases the concentration of sugar in the blood, raising your risk of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Research also says that higher the amount of sugar in the population's diet, the higher the diabetes rate. This clearly shows that eliminating sugar can help bring down your diabetes risk.

And you thought diabetes is a ‘heavy’ issue!

A short documentary, titled ‘The New Face of Diabetes,’ produced by the Science Communication Lab and published in partnership with Slate, points out that most diabetic patients in the West are obese, but in India, they’re not.

According to it, eighty percent of the cases are now occurring in developing nations, and many of those patients don’t fit the stereotype.

“In the United States, obesity and Type 2 diabetes largely go hand in hand, but in India, the face of diabetes is a skinnier one. To scientists who study these things, this is a major mystery” the narrator says.

Indian scientist CS Yajnik and his colleague John Yudkin of the University College London undertook a massive study to try to get an explanation.

According to Yagnik, “Indians are thin but fat.”

The main takeaway from this video is that it is important to monitor body composition, not just weight and Body mass index, or BMI.

(ANI)

This is published unedited from the ANI feed.

Published: February 18, 2018 9:36 am
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