Link: https://www.ehn.org/china-diabetes-epidemic

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A recent review published in The Lancet examines how China - which in 1980 had a diabetes prevalence of less than 1% - currently has the largest number of people with diabetes in the world.

• China has more than 118 million people living with diabetes, accounting for over 12% of its population and about 22% of all diabetes cases globally.
• China’s massive economic growth over the last 50 years has led to lifestyle changes that could be contributing to this epidemic, such as a shifting diet that includes more ultra-processed and sugar-sweetened foods.
• Environmental factors also play an important role, with China’s population experiencing increased exposures to toxics - like air pollution and endocrine disrupting chemicals - that have been linked to diabetes.

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Diabetes is a critical public health challenge across the globe, with the affected population projected to grow to 1.31 billion by 2050. The authors of this paper emphasize the need for government action that goes beyond public education to include more effective measures like regulations on the industries contributing to harmful lifestyle and environmental factors.

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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/diabetes-rates-by-country

China is remarkable because diabetes seems to have a huge genetic influence with Polynesia and the Middle East being the center. Neighboring countries of China like Vietnam are low. China should have a low rate. (Edit: Vietnam is the exception. Taiwan and others are close to the Chinese number.)

With Youtube only showing freshly made delivered food for influencers, what do Chinese eat that is so toxic?

Though, maybe Vietnam is the exception because Cambodia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Mongolia are not much better than China.

Why does China have to better than America at everything ;-)

China has 1.4B people. They also have universal healthcare, so they know their diabetics. Over 400 million Chinese are obese or overweight now, so this is about bad diet, not fictitious toxins or endocrine disruptor bullshit.

Other regions like India, no one knows anything about the health of a large portion of the country, but rates are up there anyway.

400 million are obese or overweight. it's not about toxic anything, it's about fast food and shitty American diets entering China.

They also have universal healthcare.

While almost all citizens are covered by a basic health insurance, public health insurance generally only covers about half of medical costs, with the proportion being lower for serious or chronic illnesses. China's universal health care insurance is by far behind many Western systems.