Obesity and Diabetes: A Silent Epidemic We Can Reverse

In the United States, nearly 40% of adults between ages 20 and 39 live with obesity—a number that rises with age. This growing trend affects millions of people and is linked to another widespread condition: type 2 diabetes. In fact, individuals with obesity are about ten times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, a chronic illness that can lead to serious complications if not managed properly. Serious complications like kidney failure require dialysis or a kidney transplant. Loss of feeling and poor circulation can lead to unnoticed sores, infections, and amputations. Vision loss, blindness, and diabetic coma.

Over the past few decades, both obesity and type 2 diabetes have increased alarmingly. A new term has been created called “diabesity” to describe this dangerous combination. “Dia