Can Food Fight Chronic Disease?
Trends in chronic disease rates, research on risk factors, and efforts to manage and treat chronic disease.
- Diabetes Mortality: New research shows the diabetes mortality rate in the U.S. dropped from 28.1 deaths per 100,000 people in 2000 to 19.1 deaths per 100,000 in 2019, a 32.1% decline. The research team suggests that the decline may be driven by improved diabetes management, including advances in medications such as newer insulins and Glucagon-like peptide-1s (GLP-1s), increased use of statins, more intensive control of blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol, as well as changes in diagnostic criteria.
- Alzheimer’s Increases: New data from the 2025 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report shows an estimated 7.2 million Americans ages 65 and older now have Alzheimer’s dementia, up from 6.9 million last year. Health and long-term care costs for people living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias are projected to reach $384 billion in 2025.
Excerpted from the NIHCM Foundation
