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- Relationship to Diabetes
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The more common type of diabetes, type 2 diabetes, is rising sharply in China, growing by 30 percent in just seven years, according to a survey of thousands of Shanghai residents.
The study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, shows that the curse of affluence appears to be affecting China as it has many other developing countries - and it has come on quite rapidly, researchers said.
"Unlike the gradual transition in most Western countries, these changes in China have occurred over a very short time," wrote lead researcher Rui Li, at the Shanghai Municipal center for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/diabetes-cases-spike-in-china-study
The study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, shows that the curse of affluence appears to be affecting China as it has many other developing countries - and it has come on quite rapidly, researchers said.
"Unlike the gradual transition in most Western countries, these changes in China have occurred over a very short time," wrote lead researcher Rui Li, at the Shanghai Municipal center for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/diabetes-cases-spike-in-china-study