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
    6·
    3 months 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
      4·
      3 months 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
        4·
        3 months 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
          5·
          3 months 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

        • Novocirab@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          12 days ago

          It could also have something to do with white rice, if consumption in India exceeds that in otherwise similar countries.

          By the way, the WHO states that only 77 million adults in India have Type 2 Diabetes, but maybe that’s due to them using a different method.