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"More than 37 million Americans have diabetes (about 1 in 10), and approximately 90-95% of them have type 2 diabetes." https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/type
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"More than 37 million Americans have diabetes (about 1 in 10), and approximately 90-95% of them have type 2 diabetes."
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/type2.html https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/type2.html
- qclibre22 4y agoAnd it's often treatable through diet and vigorous exercise. "A weight loss of ~15 kg, achieved by calorie restriction as part of an intensive management programme, can lead to remission of T2DM in ~80% of patients with obesity and T2DM." [ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32690918/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32690918/ ] "A novel HIIT-protocol recruiting lower and upper body muscles efficiently improves insulin sensitivity, VO2max and body composition with intact responses in obesity and type 2 diabetes. " [ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36387850/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36387850/ ] The caveat, is of course, "long-term weight loss maintenance is challenging."