Diabetes Rates Slows in U.S. as Obesity Levels Plateau
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New diabetes cases in the U.S. have leveled off after years of sharp increases in a surprising sign that health officials may be starting to get America’s obesity epidemic under control.
Diabetes was diagnosed in 8.3 percent of Americans in 2012 compared with 7.9 percent in 2008, according to a study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The caseload had jumped dramatically from 1990 when just 3.5 percent of the U.S. population were newly diagnosed with diabetes.