Wed, Apr-23-08, 16:30
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Dog is my copilot
Posts: 1,448
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Plan: paleo/lowcarb
Stats: 210/162/145
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Progress: 74%
Location: Olympia, WA
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Originally Posted by Baerdric
I can't find any reasonable estimate of the total population of the Industrialized Nations that is more than two billion, unless you are including Emergent Nations again, but that only makes about 4 billion.
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Yes, 4 billion is more like it. Or are you claiming that China and India are not industrialized?
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Surely you aren't saying that every other person is diabetic?
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Various studies put prevalence of metabolic syndrome/diabetes in industrialized countries (USA, China, India) at around 25%, Russia a bit more, Western Europe a bit less. Most of the data I've seen is several years old, and the rate worldwide has been increasing so yes, we could easily be looking at close to two billion with metabolic syndrome/diabetes.
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Switching terminology around is a good way to be misunderstood.
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Sure... but what does that have to do with this conversation?
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