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Diabetes and Pre-diabetes Reference Links

  • More than ½ of Adult Americans have Diabetes or Prediabetes

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2434682

  • More than half of type 2 diabetes will be left undiagnosed if doctors follow the current screening guidelines. 

http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002074

  • 1/3 of Americans have Prediabetes

http://templatelab.com/national-diabetes-report-2014/

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/library/diabetesreportcard2014.pdf

  • 90% people with Prediabetes don’t know they have it

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/statsreport14/prediabetes-infographic.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/library/diabetesreportcard2014.pdf

  • More than 2/3 of adults are considered to be overweight or obese.
  • More than 1/3 of adults are considered to be obese.

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/Pages/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx

  • 99% of patients with obesity are not offered recommended pharmacologic treatment

https://endo.confex.com/endo/2016endo/webprogram/Paper28282.html 

  • 9.3% of the U.S. population have diabetes
  •  http://templatelab.com/national-diabetes-report-2014/l
  • By 2050, 1/3 of adults in the United States could have diabetes
  • http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/library/diabetesreportcard2014.pdf  (pg 1)

The Problem

Nearly 60% of all adults in America are at risk for, or suffer from, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity. Research shows that up to 70% of type 2 diabetes and obesity cases are genetically based, affecting millions of families.

This is the diabesity epidemic.

The Diabesity Institute has a critical role to play in educating medical professionals and the public about the true causes of diabesity and the most effective treatments available. In sharing this knowledge and by supporting cutting-edge research, DI is emerging as a key leader in stemming the diabetes and obesity epidemics.

Popular opinion says the problem can be controlled with diet and exercise, but today’s science has shown that the real problem for many people is metabolic dysfunction – which is a medical condition, not a behavioral issue.

It’s time for popular opinion to be informed by science.

How You Can Help

Help us achieve our mission of increasing access to effective science-based treatment for those suffering from diabesity by advancing the science of metabolism.

Support our community outreach, provider education, and research programs by donating today.

To find out how you can volunteer with the Diabesity Institute, email info@diabesityinstitute.org. 

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Proceeds from Dr. Cooper’s book, The Metabolic Storm, will go to the Diabesity Institute.

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2015 – First clinical guidelines for obesity

Dr. Cooper joins Joyce Taylor on KING5 News in 2015 to discuss the first clinical guidelines for doctors who treat obesity and how prominent organizations recognize obesity as a disease instead of a medical condition.

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