More than 100 million diabetic patients in China are addicted to sweetness, staying up late becomes the cause of the high incidence of diabetes in young people.

Original title: More than 100 million people with diabetes in China

November 14 is the United Nations Diabetes Day. In recent years, the incidence of diabetes in ChinagroupThe trend of youth is obvious.In April this year, the Chinese Medical University, Zhengzhou University, Xi’antrafficA group of universities and other units published in the “British Medical Journal”InvestigationThe results show that currently in China, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in people aged 18 to 29 has reached 2% and the prevalence of people aged 30 to 39 has reached 6.3%. Even more surprising, data released by the International Diabetes Federation in 2019 showed that the number of diabetic patients in China exceeded 100 million, ranking first in the world.

　　7 year old boy

　　Being overweight turns into a “little sugar man”

Zhang Qiumei, director of the Department of Endocrinology at Tianjin Medical University Hospital for Metabolic Diseases, found that more and more young people are turning to outpatient clinics for diabetes. In the 1990s, diabetic patients in their 40s were rare in outpatient clinics, most of whom were in their 50s. Today, the young patients who show up every three minutes make her feel very worried.

Xiaopeng (a pseudonym), 7, is a diabetic patient who was deeply impressed by Jiang Xia, director of the Department of Endocrinology at Tianjin First Central Hospital. More than a year ago, Xiaopeng’s father was hospitalized with diabetes. Jiang Xia noticed during the rounds Xiaopeng, who was visiting, was fat, “overweight at first glance.” She and Xiaopeng’s father said the boy is too fat and has a family history of diabetes, so you need to quickly carry out weight-loss intervention for the boy, otherwise it will be too late. Xiaopeng’s father told Jiang Xia that Xiaopeng’s blood sugar level had been high and that he had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

　　Sweetie, stay up late

　　Causes of high incidence of diabetes in young adults

At present, diabetes is mainly divided into 4 types, namely type 1, type 2, pregnancy, and special type diabetes. Among them, the proportion of type 1 diabetes is only 5% to 10%, and type 2 accounts for about 90%.

“Type 2 diabetes is caused by insulin resistance, which is primarily related to daily diet and living environment. It is more common in people who are overweight or abdominally obese. Patients with insulin resistance will secrete more insulin than normal people when they metabolize glucose.long‘OvertimeIn the state, the function will decrease after a long time. Zhang Qiumei said.

So how easy is it for young people to consume too much added sugar every day? Take for example the milk tea that often appears in the hands of young people. According to a comparison test of freshly brewed and sold milk tea organized by the Shanghai Consumer Protection Committee, the average sugar content of 27 milk teas with a normal sugar content is about 33 g per cup. Approximately equivalent to the weight of 7 ordinary sugar cubes. The sugar content of a cup of milk tea is higher than the recommendation of the “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents” that “the daily intake of added sugar is best controlled below 25 g”.

Also, staying up late has become one of the reasons for the high incidence of diabetes among young people. While the youths mocked themselves for “drinking the strongest tea and staying up the longest night,” diabetes also quietly appeared. Taking type 1 diabetes as an example, in addition to genetic factors, staying up all night in the long term causes a decrease in immunity that increases the probability of human infection with the virus, thus increasing the possibility of type 1 diabetes.

According to the Xinhua News Agency

(Source: West China Metropolis Daily)

(Responsible editor: DF524)