More Diabetics In China Than Anywhere Else

Diabetes is a condition which is sweeping the globe. It comes hand in hand with obesity and it’s now said that around three-quarters of type two diabetics are obese. This means that the boom of fast food and improper diets across the world right now is directly feeding into what is becoming the diabetes epidemic. In countries like the USA or the UK, where healthcare is relatively good and citizens have a relatively high level of living, diabetes can be managed. Both countries spend billions a year on treating the condition but if they didn’t, millions would die.

China is a very wealthy country but its wealth doesn’t always find the people who need it. In the last several decades China has become a superpower in its own right. It has the highest population in the world and one of the strongest economies. China has become a force to be reckoned with but economists are predicting a general decline in its level of power as diabetes starts to take a toll. 10% of Chinese adults currently suffer from diabetes (according to recent estimates), in small countries that might not be very much but in China that’s a staggering 92.4 million diabetics in China alone. This is the highest number of diabetics in one country in the world.

The Chinese population aren’t receiving the treatment which they need for their diabetes. Meaning that more complications are occurring and the work force is slowly being affected. It’s the opinion of a lot of economists that China is going to weaken due to this. Either it keeps ignoring things and loses a good portion of its work force or it tries to treat the diabetes, costing billions of dollars a year in healthcare costs. Diseases like diabetes are a serious drain on any economy but how a country deals with them gives the world a good look at the morals of that country. Most pour funds into healthcare with their populations’ wellness being top on the list of priorities.