Diabetes, the New Epidemic - Dr Paolo Pozzilli

30-50% of people are affected by obesity or pre-diabetes. How can we stop this growing medical and social problem?

Worldwide prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing with the numbers projected to rise to 366 million in 2030. Risk of diabetes is even larger, since 30-50% of people are affected by obesity or pre-diabetes which may eventually progress to diabetes and/or risk of cardiovascular diseases. This can be reversible and early intervention (weight loss, exercise programmes or pharmacological) can reduce risk, but adherence and costs are an issue. Less conventional approaches such as increasing taxes on unhealthy food, financial incentives or peer-monitoring have also been proposed and Government, private institutions and media should all collaborate to fight this epidemic.

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[MoerreNoseshine]

At around 18:00 he says (to a graph) that the data shows that with obesity rose diabetes. He concludes that obesity must be the cause? Did I miss something??? All that shows is that two things develop together. Which caused the other, or if there is a third variable that causes them both, you can NOT read from that data.

Yes it's a TED talk and all the real scientists hate them, I know, but I don't post it in support of my first paragraph but as an addition to the talk (I even forgot what exactly is said in that talk, I only remembered it from having watched it long ago): Peter Attia: What if we're wrong about diabetes?

[BudFieldsPPTS]

It seems to me a logical fallacy, given this report, to presume that non-diabetic people are "normal". That might be something to consider in the creation and delivery of preventative strategies.