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?the real price of obesity in the USA [read -  fast food, TV and exertion-phobia].
      a slow, debilitating, inexorable  demise......

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      As many as 1 in 3 American adults could have diabetes by 2050, federal officials said Friday in a new projection that represents a threefold increase. 
      The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 10 have diabetes now, but the number could grow to 1 in 5 or even 1 in 3 by midcentury if current trends continue. 
      The last estimate put the number at 39 million in 2050. The new estimate takes it to the range of 76 million to 100 million.

      All forms of diabetes have been treatable since insulin became available in 1921, and type 2 diabetes may be controlled with medications. Both type 1 and 2 are chronic conditions that usually cannot be cured. Pancreas transplants have been tried with limited success in type 1 DM; gastric bypass surgery has been successful in many with morbid obesity and type 2 DM. Gestational diabetes usually resolves after delivery. 

      Diabetes without proper treatments can cause many complications. Acute complications include hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, or nonketotic hyperosmolar coma. Serious long-term complications include cardiovascular disease, chronic renal failure, retinal damage. Adequate treatment of diabetes is thus important, as well as blood pressure control and lifestyle factors such as smoking cessation and maintaining a healthy body weight.
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