Attia: US type 2 diabetes rate rose from 1–2% to 12% in 50 years
Dr. Peter Attia · Ep 54: Peter Attia, Ryan Holiday & Joe Lonsdale Discuss Longevity & America's Health · Joe Lonsdale · Apr 19, 2023 · at 22:37
Physician Dr. Peter Attia discusses the rapid generational increase in metabolic disease and obesity with 8VC founder Joe Lonsdale.
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“Less than two percent of people in the United States had type two diabetes. It was closer to one percent. That number is about 12% today.”
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