A research model of dietary intake in 184 countries, developed by researchers at Tufts University, estimated that poor diet contributed to more than 14.1 million cases of type 2 diabetes in 2018, accounting for more than 70% of new diagnoses, globally.
According to the “Medical Express” website, the researchers examined 11 nutritional factors, and 3 of them had a significant contribution to the increase in diabetes: insufficient intake of whole grains, excessive intake of rice and refined wheat, and excessive consumption of processed meat.
Of the 184 countries surveyed, all saw an increase in cases of type 2 diabetes between 1990 and 2018.
The analysis revealed that poor diet causes a greater proportion of the total incidence of type 2 diabetes in men versus women, in younger adults versus the elderly, and in urban versus rural areas.
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