rise in diabetes cases

[Guest guest]

Interesting article (below) but they don't say what might be responsible for

the recent burgeoning diabetes epidemic. I am distressed at the deplorable

choices of food every time I go to the supermarket and strongly believe we need

to eat as close to nature as possible.

Betsy

 

Thu Dec 27, 1:34 PM ET

 

 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There has been a significant increase in the

number of young adults hospitalized with diabetes-related conditions in the

United States over the last decade or so, according to a new study.

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" Studies indicate that the burden of diabetes, type 1 and type 2, is

substantial and rising among U.S. children, " Dr. Joyce Lee, of the University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, and colleagues write in the medical journal Diabetes Care.

" We wished to evaluate national trends in hospitalizations associated with

diabetes for children and young adults. "

The researchers found a 38 percent increase from 1993 to 2004 in the number of

hospital stays for people between the ages of 0 and 29 years with a diabetes

diagnosis.

The trend seemed to be age-dependent. There were significant increases in

annual hospitalization rates among patients aged 20 to 29 years, but not among

younger subjects.

" Rates of hospitalizations were consistently higher for females than for males

throughout the time period, " Lee's team reports. " Furthermore, increases in

hospitalization rates were significantly greater for females (42 percent) than

for males (29 percent). "

Inflation-adjusted annual hospital costs for diabetes increased 130 percent,

from $1.05 billion in 1993 to $2.42 billion in 2004.

With the rising rate of diabetes among youngsters, the researchers see the

number of hospitalizations increasing even more over coming years.

SOURCE: Diabetes Care, December 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

Perhaps it is the " cumulative effect " of all the

additives now put in the foods that are marketed

daily.

 

Check out the following:

 

www.squarefootgardening.com

 

www.hydroponicsonline.com

 

www.soilandhealth.org

 

www.journeytoforever.org

 

Also: organichomesteadinggardening

 

There are many more but these are my favorites.

 

Leon

 

 

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