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Diabetes will be ‘a defining disease of this century’ as global cases are set to surpass one billion by 2050 (www.statnews.com)
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The world has failed to understand the social nature of diabetes and underestimated the true scale and threat the disease poses.

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[–] mem_somerville_kbin@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I think those new drugs look really game-changing. I know they aren't affordable yet, but soon the insurers will realize they are cheaper than the downstream costs of diabetes.

I was reading in the NYT yesterday that they were making people change behavior not just on hunger, but on the "food noise" that a lot of people have. So this will change the situation in a household and might have additional social consequences for people's consumption.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/well/eat/ozempic-food-noise.html