1 in 3 Americans will have diabetes by 2050

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That is a crazy, scary statistic for all sorts of reasons… when you think of the cost of treating all those people and the lost productivity, the numbers will be staggering- well, the numbers are already staggering at 1 in 10 but as it moves toward 2 in 10 we will really feel the economic impact. Unless Americans wake up to the reality that they cannot continue on this course of “food entitlement” our society will be crushed by the weight of health care costs. By food entitlement, I mean the attitude that we are entitled to eat as much as we want, anytime we want, with no consequences. With 70% of the adult population overweight or obese, we need to remind people that being overweight is not normal even though most people are. It won’t be politically correct, but it will need to be done if we are going to avoid a epidemic of diabetes and all the other diseases that come with it. From MSNBC-

In the United States, 1 in 3 people will have Type 2 diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The projections, released today, are alarming to U.S. health officials, who say the numbers highlight the need for interventions to keep the number of new cases from climbing.
Currently, 1 in 10 Americans has Type 2 diabetes. But if new cases develop as projected, its prevalence could double or triple over the next 40 years, said Ann Albright, director of the Division of Diabetes Translation at the CDC.
“We can’t have that, it’s unsustainable,” Albright told MyHealthNewsDaily.