Massachusetts: A study estimated that in 2018, 1.41 million people developed type 2 diabetes due to poor diet.
The analysis, conducted between 1990 and 2018, looked globally at which dietary factors caused such a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes.
The research findings are based on a research model of food intake for 184 countries, which was created by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in the US.
The scientists said that the study found three of the 11 dietary factors that contributed to the increase in the rate of type 2 diabetes globally. There was a high consumption of refined rice and wheat and a high consumption of processed meat.
Drinking fruit juice and insufficient consumption of low-starchy vegetables, nuts or seeds had very little effect on new cases of the disease, according to the research findings.
The study’s senior author Dariush Muzaffarin said the findings suggest that poor-quality carbohydrates are the main cause of diet-induced diabetes globally.
He said the findings have identified areas where attention needs to be paid at the national and international levels to improve nutrition and reduce the burden of diabetes.
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