Joe Rogan - The Problem with Refined Sugar & Carbs
Key messages NEW ZEALAND:-> It is estimated that about 307,000 people had diabetes in 2022, an increase of around 15,000 people from 2021. Across all age groups, 6.8 percent of men were estimated to have diabetes compared with 5.9 percent of women. The Pacific population had the highest estimated rate of diabetes at 12.5 percent, followed by the Indian population (9.5 percent) and the Māori population (7.0 percent). In 2022, age-specific rates of diabetes prevalence varied by more than two-fold across Health New Zealand districts (formerly called district health boards or DHBs). For example, in those aged 65–74 years, prevalence ranged from 9.4 percent to 27.9 percent of a district population. The increase in diabetes prevalence following the COVID-19 pandemic is concerning. From 2018 to 2020, there was a slight increase, from 5.6 percent to 5.8 percent, but the sharpest rise occurred between 2020 and 2022, when prevalence jumped to 6.4 percent. In 2022, about 6...