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Obesity and Diabetes: Impact on Health and Economy

There are currently 650 million people with obesity and 450 million with diabetes (90% type 2 diabetes) around the world. In many countries, diabetes alone accounts for 10% or more of the entire national healthcare budget.

Metabolic diseases cause significant disability and increase mortality for affected individuals, while imposing staggering costs on society.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes arguably represent one of the biggest health challenges mankind has ever faced.

Lack of Progress

  • We still do not know the causes of the ongoing epidemic of obesity and diabetes.
  • The prevalence of obesity and diabetes around the world has continued to increase at epidemic levels for over 4 decades, demonstrating failure of current prevention strategies.
  • New and effective treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity exist, including surgical approaches of curative potential, however, access to such therapies is inadequate in most countries.
  • Medical research in diabetes and obesity is generally informed by outdated ideas and old disease paradigms; unlike other areas of scientific inquiry, research on diabetes/obesity has only produced incremental advances but not major breakthroughs in almost a century.
Lack of Progress
Reasons for the Impasse

Reasons for the Impasse

  • There is a paucity of credible, scientifically accurate information about obesity and diabetes that is easily accessible to the public. Inadequate public awareness of modern evidence-based treatments delays access to potentially life-saving therapies.
  • People with obesity face a pervasive form of societal stigma based on the unproven assumption of lack of self-discipline and personal responsibility. Such stigma leads to discrimination of affected individuals, misleads public health policies, and undermines access to evidence-based treatments.
  • Traditional methods of professional education are not adequate for timely communication of new scientific knowledge across medical disciplines. Inadequate education of healthcare professionals and policy makers contribute to inertia.
  • Longstanding preconceptions about the root cause of obesity and type 2 diabetes are commonplace, even in the scientific community. This contributes to the resilience of old disease paradigms and discourages bold new ideas, thus preventing breakthroughs in research.

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