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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris24Main" data-source="post: 2735441" data-attributes="member: 585131">Oh - I think your bang on the money there - from diabetesatlas.org;<table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>At a glance</th><th>2000</th><th>2011</th><th>2021</th><th>2030</th><th>2045</th></tr><tr><th>Diabetes estimates (20-79 y)</th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>People with diabetes, in 1,000s</th><td>151,000.0</td><td>366,000.0</td><td>536,600.0</td><td>642,800.0</td><td>783,700.0</td></tr><tr><th>Age-adjusted comparative prevalence of diabetes, %</th><td>4.6</td><td>8.5</td><td>9.8</td><td>10.8</td><td>11.2</td></tr></table>That's worldwide, and it's some scary numbers...I don't recall the source, but one of the very first interview videos I watched - the headline statement was along the lines of "look, if we don't do something different, in a couple of generations there simply won't be enough well people to look after all the sick ones".And honestly I can't remember if it was generations, or decades, so I've gone with the less sensational.But - I do feel a part of what we need to do here is understand and inform; it isn't enough that a subset of all diagnosed diabetes patients reverse their diabetes, somehow we have to turn this tide around.and how do you inform without preaching? well ultimately it will happen anyway, the human race is pretty resilient like that, but the more people there are with positive stories, the easier it will be.</blockquote>

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