One in Three Children Born after 2000 will Develop Type II Diabetes

It is a pretty shocking statistic.


"The estimated lifetime risk of developing diabetes for individuals born in 2000 is 32.8% for males and 38.5% for females. Females have higher residual lifetime risks at all ages. The highest estimated lifetime risk for diabetes is among Hispanics (males, 45.4% and females, 52.5%). Individuals diagnosed as having diabetes have large reductions in life expectancy. For example, we estimate that if an individual is diagnosed at age 40 years, men will lose 11.6 life-years and 18.6 quality-adjusted life-years and women will lose 14.3 life-years and 22.0 quality-adjusted life-years."



The source for this is JAMA.  Click here for the Citation.


If you have childred, or if you eat food, you should check out this YouTube video on how we metabolize sugar.  Very interesting presentation from a prominent UCSF investigator.