WSJ October 22, 2010 by Katherine Hobson

• Details in journal Population Health Metrics free PDF

Factors

• more people who are old

• more people with dark-skin

• more people living longer

• more people who are overweight

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People with vitamin D of 55 ng/ml were 80% less likely to get diabetes

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Note the viscous circles at the bottom of this chart for diabetes, obesity, and low vitamin D

Note 1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics and 1 in 8 are prediabetic – Mar 2010