“Good nutrition creates health in all areas of our existence.”

—T. COLIN CAMPBELL, PHD

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DIABESITY Treating Symptoms Rather Than Causes

Diabesity-Treating Symptoms Rather than Causes

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rates of type 2 diabetes have tripled in the last 30 years.1 This is due largely to the global epidemic of obesity, a major risk factor for developing the disease. The association between obesity and diabetes is so strong that former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop coined the term “Diabesity.”2

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