Asian Obesity and Diabetes Epidemic
Cross-source consensus on Asian Obesity and Diabetes Epidemic from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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- The Asian Paradox is an illusion; Asian populations are on the same metabolic trajectory as the Western world, just a few decades behind. — The Asian Paradox: Why Rice Is No Longer Safe for Most People
- India's obesity prevalence increased more than 500% between 1975 and 2014, from 1.5% to 8%. — The Asian Paradox: Why Rice Is No Longer Safe for Most People
- India and China now carry the highest absolute number of diabetics anywhere in the world. — The Asian Paradox: Why Rice Is No Longer Safe for Most People
- Asian populations could eat rice for millennia without mass insulin resistance because they operated under involuntary caloric restriction with high physical activity. — The Asian Paradox: Why Rice Is No Longer Safe for Most People
- The structural constraints that made rice safe — caloric scarcity and hard labor — have dissolved in one or two generations. — The Asian Paradox: Why Rice Is No Longer Safe for Most People