The number of people living with diabetes could double worldwide in the next 30 years, according to a new global study.
The number of infected people is expected to surge from 529 million to 1.3 billion by 2050, largely because effective mitigation strategies to tackle and reduce the disease currently exist. The reason, the researchers said, is that they don’t. The study was published Thursday in The Lancet magazine Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The number of infected people is expected to rise in each country, but at an uneven rate.
North Africa and the Middle East are projected to grow from 9.3% today to 16.8% by 2050, and Latin America and the Caribbean to 11.3%, according to researchers. Globally, this will rise from the current 6.1% to 9.5%.
Researchers say a variety of factors may be to blame, including underfunded and unprepared health care systems, and socioeconomic challenges such as poor nutrition, poverty, and lack of exercise.
Studies have shown that the rise in diabetes is partly due to rising obesity, but also due to changing demographics, as diabetes is most common among older people.
The study surveyed 204 countries and territories across 25 age groups, separated by males and females or combined, and found that, globally, the majority of cases were type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity. turned out to be a disease.
Diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, represents a significant health risk and is one of the top 10 leading causes of death and disability worldwide.
The study found that deaths from the disease in people under the age of 15 were due to type 1 diabetes. By comparison, more than 70% of his deaths in people over the age of 25 were due to her type 2 diabetes.
This data does not include the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although there is no coherent strategy or policy to tackle diabetes globally, this study examined prevention strategies in place in China, Finland, and the United States, and found that early diagnosis, patient education, and regular visits by health care providers are “diabetes patients.” We can prevent, or at least slow, its progression.” The onset of type 2 diabetes. ”
Researchers say they hope to see more strategies and policies aimed at mitigating the disease and obesity around the world and raising awareness of inequalities in access to appropriate treatment. .
