Number of People with Diabetes Increases to 24 Million

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Number of People with Diabetes Increases to 24
Million
In addition to the 24 million with diabetes,
another 57 million people are estimated to have
pre-diabetes.
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The Metabolism Society is dedicated to minimizing
the problems of obesity, diabetes
cardiovascular disease through public awareness
and education using current nutritional science.
NIH 2007 Statistics
A Total of 23.6 Million People Have Diabetes
7.8 Percent of the Population Have Diabetes
Diagnosed 17.9 Million People
Undiagnosed 5.7 Million People
500,000 of these people are New Yorkers Another
200,000 New Yorkers have diabetes And do not know
it yet
Source NYC Health Department
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New Diabetes Report Documents Devastating Effects
in New York City7/24/2007Source New York City
Health DepartmentThe diabetes epidemic is
taking a large and growing toll on New York City,
a new Health Department report shows, as death
rates, debilitating complications, and
hospitalization costs soar. Some 500,000 New
Yorkers one out of eight adults have been
diagnosed with diabetes. Another 200,000 have
diabetes but dont yet know it.
The death rate from diabetes rose by 75
between 1990 and 2003.The new publication,
which synthesizes research findings from the past
several years, is available at
www.nyc.gov/health. In addition to charting the
impact of diabetes in NYC, it exposes
unacceptable disparities among neighborhoods and
racial/ethnic groups.New Yorkers in East
Harlem, Williamsburg-Bushwick and certain parts
of the South Bronx are hospitalized for diabetes
at 10 times the rate of people living on the
Upper East Side. Residents in the most affected
areas also die from diabetes at seven times the
rate of New Yorkers in the least affected
neighborhoods. Among racial/ethnic groups,
black New Yorkers have the highest death rate
from diabetes, dying at three times the rate of
white New Yorkers. Diabetes is hitting the
city hard, said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, New York
City Health Commissioner. Tragically, it is
hurting our low-income communities much more
than others. With good management, we can prevent
devastating complications of diabetes, such as
heart disease, blindness, leg amputations and
kidney failure. New Yorkers with diabetes are
now hospitalized at a rate nearly 80 higher than
the national rate. And the cost of these
hospitalizations has skyrocketed in recent years,
hitting 481 million in 2003, up from 242
million in 1990. Figures drawn from national
estimates of total diabetes costs, including lost
productivity and other non-medical costs,
suggest that the economic impact of diabetes in
New York City exceeds 6 billion
annually.Diabetes is not only hurting our
health, its hurting our wallets, said Frieden.
The cost of treating diabetes is an
unsustainable burden on our health system and
economy. But even worse, behind these statistics
are tragic individual stories that challenge our
city and our health system to respond.Diabetes
Management is Key
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The most recent figures from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention show that 65
percent of U.S. adults, or about 129.6 million
people, are either overweight or obese. In
addition to decreasing quality of life and
increasing the risk of premature death, obesity
and overweight cost the Nation an estimated 117
billion in direct medical costs and indirect
costs such as lost wages due to illness.NIH
website
The data shown in these maps were collected
through the CDC's Behaviorial Risk Factor
Surveilance System.
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The Society believes that the therapeutic
potential of low-carbohydrate diets for the
treatment of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular
disease is under-investigated and
under-utilized.
Atkins diet surprisingly effective in large-scale
comparison study By Mike Stobbe , The Associated
Press
A low-carbohydrate diet is more effective in
reducing body weight than healthy eating in both
diabetic and non-diabetic subjects P. A. Dyson,
S. Beatty and D. R. Matthews, Oxford Centre for
Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
A Steady, High-fat Diet Is Bad, But The News Gets
Worse ScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2007)
Sirt1 protects against high-fat diet-induced
metabolic damage. Department of Psychiatry,
Obesity Research Center, Genome Research
Institute, University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine
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Current recommendations have given way to large
increases in disease. Despite scientific
research telling us what constitutes a healthy
diet, we are told by governing organizations to
eat foods that have been proven to contribute to
decline in public health.

• Choose non-fat or low-fat dairy products for the
  great taste and nutrition without the saturated
  fat.
• In the past, people with diabetes were warned to
  completely avoid sugar. Now experts agree that
  you can eat foods with sugar as long as you work
  them into your meal plan as you would for other
  carbohydrate-containing food.
• People with diabetes can eat the same foods the
  family enjoys. About one-fourth of your plate
  should be filled with grains or starchy foods
  such as rice, pasta, potatoes, corn, or peas.
  Then, add a glass of non-fat milk and a small
  roll
• Carb-containing foods include bread, tortillas,
  rice, crackers, cereal, fruit, juice, milk,
  yogurt, potatoes, corn, and peas.  For many
  people, having about 45 to 60 grams at meals is
  about right.
• ADA Website August 2008

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Our mission is to have the governing agencies
eliminate the current dietary guidelines,
acknowledge the scientific research supporting
health through proper nutrition and fund further
research in this area.
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