The numbers remain big and are still rising: 8.3% of adults had been
diagnosed with diabetes as of 2012. But the rates at which new cases are
accumulating and overall counts are climbing have slowed in recent
years, says a report published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
One possible explanation: Diabetes rates are tracking obesity rates,
which also show signs of leveling off, despite some contradictory
evidence (including a report out
a week ago showing rising rates of abdominal obesity — fat around the
belly). Type 2 diabetes, the most common kind, is linked to obesity.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/23/cdc-diabetes-rates-slowing/16105731/
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