Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes is often called an epidemic, and no wonder. Over the past half-century, the disease has exploded.
In 1958, fewer than 1 in 100 Americans had diabetes; now, it is 1 in 11. Virtually all of the increase has been in Type 2 diabetes, which is related to obesity and can cause complications including blindness, kidney failure and the need for limb amputations.
The problem is especially serious in Kentucky. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2012 that the number of diabetes cases rose 158 percent in Kentucky over 15 years, outpacing every other state except Oklahoma.
A flu epidemic of such magnitude would create public alarm and swift official response. Ebola? If there were even a couple of cases in Kentucky, politicians and health officials would be running around like their hair was on fire.
http://www.kentucky.com/2014/11/11/3532845/tom-eblen-diabetes-epidemic-deserves.html?sp=/99/131/
In 1958, fewer than 1 in 100 Americans had diabetes; now, it is 1 in 11. Virtually all of the increase has been in Type 2 diabetes, which is related to obesity and can cause complications including blindness, kidney failure and the need for limb amputations.
The problem is especially serious in Kentucky. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2012 that the number of diabetes cases rose 158 percent in Kentucky over 15 years, outpacing every other state except Oklahoma.
A flu epidemic of such magnitude would create public alarm and swift official response. Ebola? If there were even a couple of cases in Kentucky, politicians and health officials would be running around like their hair was on fire.
http://www.kentucky.com/2014/11/11/3532845/tom-eblen-diabetes-epidemic-deserves.html?sp=/99/131/