Incidence of Diabetes

We heard a report today from the CDC that the incidence of diabetes rose almost 41% from 1997 to 2003. This is just new cases per year - an incredible rise in diabetes. More and more people are becoming overweight and therefore more people are developing type 2 diabetes. In fact 89% of new patients in 2003 were either overweight or obese.

We can see from these statistics on the rising incidence of diabetes that being overweight is taking a major toll.