可怕的糖尿病

听当护士的朋友说过，加拿大的糖尿病的发病率非常高，我认识的人里，就有看似健康、实则这也不能吃那也吃不得的糖尿病患者。

昨天，看到一则给糖尿病研究和患者捐赠的电视公益广告中，说加拿大10%的人口是糖尿病患者。看到这个数字，我还是着实地吓了一跳。

我立即上到加拿大糖尿病组织的网站，它是这么写的：

Aglobal epidemic

Anestimated 285 million people worldwide are affected bydiabetes. With a further 7 million people developing diabetes each year, thisnumber is expected to hit 438 million by 2030.

Thechanging face of diabetes in Canada

Today,more than 9 million Canadians live with diabetes or prediabetes.

Approximately10% of people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. The number of people withtype 2 diabetes is increasing dramatically due to a number of factors:

• The population is aging.
• Obesity rates are rising.
• Canadian lifestyles are increasingly sedentary.
• Aboriginal people are three to five times more likely than the general population to develop type 2 diabetes.
• Almost 80% of new Canadians come from populations that are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. These include people of Aboriginal, Hispanic, Asian, South Asian or African descent.

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