Recent findings show that in Britain, a person is diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes every 3 minutes! Actual statistics show that an estimated 150,000 people are diagnosed every year. This is an alarming figure because compared to the previous year that is a 50% increase (up from 100,000 newly diagnosed cases each year).
The majority of the newly diagnosed cases are in fact type 2 diabetes, the more common form of the disease. Experts attribute this increase in diabetes to unhealthy lifestyle habits. Increasing numbers of overweight citizens, and improper diet, and lack of exercise among Britain’s citizens are directly linked to this substantial increase in occurrences of the disease. Diabetes has been linked to other potentially deadly health problems including heard disease, stroke, and various neurological diseases.
These new statistics bring the total number of diabetics in Britain to around 2.5 million. While this figure is large in is not near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate of 24 million people that have diabetes in the United States. Furthermore, experts estimate that 1 in 4 Britons are in fact obese.
