It should be noted that while Japan is one of the healthiest countries in terms of obesity rate, they have a very high diabetes rate. The article was discussing

It should be noted that while Japan is one of the healthiest countries in terms of obesity rate, they have a very high diabetes rate. The article was discussing diabetes 12.1% of Japanese have diabetes (https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00249/ https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00249/) For comparison, about 13% of people in the US have diabetes (https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-d...)