浪费是消渴症的表现

Diabetes is a wasting disorder

目前中国是世界上糖尿病人口最多的国家,每10位成年人中就有一位糖尿病患者,患病率高达10%,糖尿病前期的患病率高出40%,多食而饥、多饮多尿、肥胖进而消瘦等是糖尿病的主要表现。我们列举古今代表性案例与数据,探讨浪费是糖尿病的表现,从而倡导节俭在防治糖尿病以及患者康复过程中的现实价值。

Currently China has the most cases of diabetes in the world.One in ten is living with diabetes and over 40%of all adults are prediabetics with blood glucose level higher than the normal.Wasting disorders such as over-eating with hunger,over-drinking with increased thirst and urination,and obesity with fatigue and tiredness followed by sudden weight loss are the major manifestations of people with diabetes.Here we present historical cases and novel data to highlight that diabetes is a wasting disorder and eventually to value frugality in the diabetes control and patients’recovery.