2010年3月26日,《联合早报》称中国已经取代印度,成为全球糖尿病第一大国。据国际糖尿病联合会的一份医学研究报告显示,中国糖尿病患病人数超过9200万,此外尚有1.5亿中国人属于糖尿病前期。这意味着将有1.5亿人可能将步入糖尿病大军中。中国每10名成年人中,就有1人是糖尿病患者,而且糖尿病发病年龄前移,患病率从20岁开始就呈加速上升趋势。目前糖尿病已成为中国最主要的和最刺手的公共卫生问题。 March 26, 2010, “Lianhe Zaobao,” said China has replaced India as the world’s largest country for diabetes. According to a report of the Medical Research Association of the International Diabetes Federation, there are over 92 million diabetic patients in China and 150 million Chinese are prediabetes. This means that there will be 150 million people will likely enter the army of diabetes. One out of every 10 adults in China is diabetic, and the age at onset of diabetes is on the rise. The prevalence is accelerating upward from the age of 20. Diabetes has now become the most important and most prodigious public health issue in China.