OBESITY AND DIABETES – THE INFOGRAPHIC

Type 2 Adult Onset Diabetes and Chronic Obesity are approaching epidemic proportions in

many Northern European countries.

To better illustrate the stark reality and proven correlation between these two medical

conditions, we’ve prepared an informative infographic.

The facts presented in this infographic are supported by numerous studies linking obesity to

diabetes. Added to that is a growing body of research which suggest that overweight

diabetes sufferers can alleviate their symptoms, even force the disease into remission,

simply by reducing the body weight to a normal range.

While the exact mechanism are unclear, questions of insulin sensitivity are part of a broader

set of metabolic disruptions which occur in the morbidly obese

We’ve looked at only 6 European countries, but you can safely assume that similar statistics

will also extend to other EU and North American countries.