Linkage between Diabetes and Obesity

Abstract

Every year, the growing obesity epidemic adds millions to the ranks of those at risk for diabetes, highlighting a critical public health challenge that demands immediate action, relative to a global health crisis. In the United States, an individual's average Body Mass Index (adult) is simply overweight. This paper explores the link between diabetes and obesity within the U.S.A. According to W.H.O., this condition has drastically increased over the past decade. Likewise, a worldwide crisis, particularly affecting individuals with a BMI OF 30 or higher, also known as obesity, is deemed a worldwide epidemic with a noticeably increasing rate over the past decade. An essential contributor to the increasing rate of “diabesity” is obesity, with various physiological, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors playing a role in this linkage. The current study thus emphasizes the need for effective public-health policies and comprehensive lifestyle interventions that address obesity to mitigate diabetes. Via our understanding of the connections between these two conditions, we can develop targeted strategies to improve health outcomes and reduce the mortality rate and costs of both conditions. Addressing obesity via an inclusive lifestyle intervention, we can establish public-health policy essential for effective mitigation.