Wow! I just read this article and was really taken aback by the statistics. Diabetes is one of the most common health problems with obesity and many Indiana bariatrics patients suffer from this sometimes fatal disease.
In fact, John Barnes' (who you will be meeting in a few weeks) diabetes was so bad before he underwent weight loss surgery that he was on insulin shots six times a day! Bariatric weight loss is one way to effectively manage diabetes, and if you suffer from the disease please consider reaching out to one of our Indianapolis bariatric physicians.
This article was written by the Associated Press and taken from HeraldNet. I have posted the first two paragraphs and the full text can be found by clicking here.
The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday.
The highest rates were in the South, according to the first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The worst was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease in 2005-07. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate was 5 in 1,000.
In fact, John Barnes' (who you will be meeting in a few weeks) diabetes was so bad before he underwent weight loss surgery that he was on insulin shots six times a day! Bariatric weight loss is one way to effectively manage diabetes, and if you suffer from the disease please consider reaching out to one of our Indianapolis bariatric physicians.
This article was written by the Associated Press and taken from HeraldNet. I have posted the first two paragraphs and the full text can be found by clicking here.
The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday.
The highest rates were in the South, according to the first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The worst was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease in 2005-07. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate was 5 in 1,000.
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