The Agency for Healthcare Research ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) not long ago released data that demonstrate a healthy link between diabetes, obesity, and other chronic conditions, of that kind as asthma, hypertension, heart disease, and reverse The statistics, which were based in succession the Medical Expenditure Panel scrutinize show that in 2001, approximately 124 million American adults (at least 18 years of age) were diagnosed with diabetes, and that in 2000 more than $18 billion was exhausted on health care for parts who have diabetes. The contemplation used body mass index (BMI) to categorize human frames into one of the following weight categories: underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese, and extremely obese. In 2001 above 59 percent of adults in the United States were overweight (BMI of 250 to 299) obese (BMI of 300 to 399) or extremely obese (BMI of at least 400) When compared with somebodys who did not have diabetes, patients with diabetes were more than three times as likely to be extremely obese; were more likely to have asthma; were nearly three times as likely to have hypertension; were three times as likely to have heart disease; and were more than four times as likely to have a blow To see these data in a statistical brief, walk to http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/PrintProducts/ PrintProd_Detail.asp?ID=587.

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