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Some real beautiful data graphs in this paper

Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02317-1

The Top 4 Countries by rate:

  1. India 26%
  2. China 18%
  3. USA 5%
  4. Pakistan 4%

This is only accounting for tracked diabetes, so some of the areas might have larger numbers.

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[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's around a fifth of the population. There must be something seriously wrong there. Like something not found anywhere else but widespread in those countries.

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Europeans tend to have hyperplasic fat, and Asian tend to have hypertrophic fat. Meaning a European can get much fatter then a asian before the REALLY BAD THINGS start to happen. That might be a variable