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Diabetes on the Rise in U.S
A new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey found that cases of diabetes are rapidly increasing in the United States, with the disease now affecting 11.3 percent of U.S. adults, up from 10.4 percent in the first quarter of 2008.
The survey found that approximately 26 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, and if the trend continues more than 37 million people will be living with the disease by the end of 2015. The survey also found that the U.S. obesity rate is up about 1 percent over last year. People who are obese are almost three times as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than those who are not obese, according to the survey. "The upward trends in obesity rates almost certainly play a substantive role in the increase in diabetes rates over the same time period," the survey's report says.
Between January and September 2009, the Gallup-Healthways survey also found a significantly higher incidence of diabetes among those who did not exercise at least a half hour on any given day in the previous week. The survey found that 8 percent of people with diabetes exercised at least 30 minutes a day four to six times per week, 9.5 percent exercised at least half and hour daily in the previous week, and 15 percent did not exercise at least 30 minutes in the week before they were surveyed. The 10 states with the highest increases in obesity from 2008 to 2009 also had a related 0.5 percent increase in diabetes incidence.
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WebMD (10/28/09) Hendrick, Bill
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