The rise in diabetes in China could bankrupt the country’s healthcare system,says a medical expert. An innovative project is trying to stop quickly food addictionThere’s a direct link between urbanisation and increased food consumption and obesity issues in China, and it has become a growing epidemic. Dr Xu Zhangrong, and deputy secretary of the China Diabetes Society has said that “the sudden rise of diabetes in China isn’t only a health threat but an economic one. It could bankrupt the country’s healthcare system. China needs to shift its focus from treating diabetes to preventing it”. Within one generation,the percentage of Chinese children who are overweight or obese has skyrocketed from 5% to 20%. The rate has absolutely exploded, over a very limited amount of time.
But why is this happening? The main cause is our increasingly sedentary lifestyle, or combined with the introduction of highly processed quickly food and adoption of western aspirations.
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Source: theguardian.com