Diabetes epidemic will hit half of U.S. by 2020
Posted by IanHealth on November 29, 2010
An article in WebMD reports that more than half of all Americans may develop diabetes or prediabetes by 2020, unless prevention strategies aimed at weight loss and increased physical activity are widely implemented, according to a new analysis.
These efforts could in theory also save about $250 billion in health care costs in the next 10 years, suggests the analysis published by UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization, a specialized center within UnitedHealth that focuses on health care reform issues. See full article WebMD.
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