Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries
Study context
- Population
- Adults in 184 countries; T2D incidence attributable to direct and body weight-mediated effects of 11 dietary factors184 countries
- Outcome
- Incident T2D cases attributable to suboptimal intake of 11 dietary factors
- Follow-up
- 2018
Methodological details184 countries, 1990 and 2018
- 184 countries
- 1990 and 2018
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Diet-attributable incident T2D, global
- Incident T2D cases attributable to suboptimal diet
- 14.1 million (95% UI, 13.8-14.4 million)
- Proportion of new T2D cases globally
- 70.3% (68.8-71.8%)
- Insufficient whole-grain intake
- 26.1% (25.0-27.1%)
- Excess refined rice and wheat intake
- 24.6% (22.3-27.2%)
- Excess processed meat intake
- 20.3% (18.3-23.5%)
Further findings
Proportional burden by region · 2018
- Central and eastern Europe and central Asia (highest)
- 85.6% (83.4-87.7%)
- Latin America and the Caribbean (highest)
- 81.8% (80.1-83.4%)
- South Asia (lowest)
- 55.4% (52.1-60.7%)
Diet-attributable T2D by sex, age, urbanicity and education · 2018
- Proportions generally larger in men than in women and inversely correlated with age
- Generally larger in urban vs rural and higher vs lower educated, except in high-income countries, central and eastern Europe and central Asia, where larger in rural and lower educated
Change in global diet-attributable T2D, 1990 to 2018
- Increase in absolute percentage points
- 2.6
- More cases
- 8.6 million
- Variation by world region and dietary factor
Original publication
Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries. Nat Med. Published 17 April 2023. doi:10.
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