when I hear "diabetic" I hear "you're going to die in a week without continuous medical intervention or a strict diet"
since that only describes like four people I've known my entire life that can't be the definition they're using here
nostr:npub15fkerqqyp9mlh7n8xd6d5k9s27etuvaarvnp2vqed83dw9c603pqs5j9gr I refuse to believe it's that low. They don't ever test you without you asking so it's probably only the worst of the worst cases that get diagnosed. My bet would be it's more like 25-35%
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nostr:npub15fkerqqyp9mlh7n8xd6d5k9s27etuvaarvnp2vqed83dw9c603pqs5j9gr diabetes is just if you test 3 times over some blood sugar limit. If someone is obese they are almost guaranteed to surpass this limit if they actually test for it. The people who actually get diagnosed are so far beyond the limit that their foot is starting to fall off.