Pakistan Becomes Number One in Diabetes Prevalence – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #817
Pakistan Becomes Number One in Diabetes Prevalence – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #817 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #817 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Alesia Kozik Photo Credit: Mikhail Nilov Photo Credit: Pavel Danilyuk The country rankings of diabetes prevalence have been published by Wisevoter and Pakistan has earned the dubious distinction of becoming number one in diabetes prevalence at 30.8%. It means that almost every third person in the country is diabetic. To put it in perspective, global average rate of diabetes is 8.8%. On the contrary, the incidence of obesity in Pakistan is only 8.6% against a global average of 19.1%. The point I wish to raise here is that the primary...