(06-01-07) Diabetes and obesity - the new pandemic

By Paul Zimmet

Australia is in the throes of an unprecedented epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is part and parcel of an accelerating global phenomenon affecting most developed and developing nations - and the epidemic is in acceleration mode!
The 2000 AusDiab study undertaken by the International Diabetes Institute showed that that more than 60 per cent of our adult population are overweight or obese as are 20 per cent of our children. It is a tripling in numbers over the last 20 years.
The cost of type 2 diabetes in Australia is in excess of $A3 billion. This represents over 5 per cent of Australia?s health care expenditure and nearly 0.5 per cent of gross domestic product. The cost to Australia in health costs and workforce impact is well over $7 billion annually

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