Robert Lustig: The Global Rise of Diabetes and Its Impact on Healthcare?
23 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Robert Lustig discusses the unexpected global rise in diabetes between 2000 and 2014. He cites a 2001 paper (using 2000 data) that reported 151 million people with diabetes in 2000 and projected 221 million by 2010 (46% increase; annualized rate 3.88%/yr), but observed counts were far higher: 285 million by 2010 (annualized 6.55%/yr) and 422 million by 2014 (annualized 10.3%/yr). The segment frames these increases as much larger than anticipated and sets up implications for healthcare.
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