China WINS

I read something that was rather surprising on Yahoo news last week about China.  They have overtaken the USA in Diabetes.  Now granted, they have in the upwards of over 1 billion people, to the United States - 330 million, but the percents do not lie.  In 2010, China was at 11.6% of the population with diabetes, while the USA - 11.3%.  I am sure today, these numbers are even higher being almost 4 years later.  

Could it be the possibly the influence of the West Hemispheres diet and restaurants hitting overseas? You know .. the million's of McDonald's and KFC's that you see in this country alone.  They are now global and very, very wide spread.  Most everyone knows you can only eat this food in moderation, but several do not.  Is it trending toward the same epidemic over there as well?  I did wonder and I do believe that these choices can lead to Diabetes and other serious health problems.  In a nation where everything is super-sized and super large, and now 2 for $1 or on a dollar menu, it is no surprise at all.

I always thought of China as fish loving, rice eating population where the green-tea flows from the nearest river!  The article credits 'poor nutrition' and eating too much in later life as the cause for most Type 2 Diabetic cases

Read it, here.