The risks of developing diabetes and obesity has been found to be more in regions that are socio-economically deprived, claims a new research.
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The researchers evaluated data from more than 33,000 people aged 30 years or more, who participated in the survey "German Health Update" in 2009 and 2010 conducted by Robert Koch Institute in Berlin.
They found that in the most deprived regions, the frequency of type 2 diabetes was 8.6 percent among those interviewed and that of obesity was 16.9 percent, compared to 5.8 and 13.7 percent, respectively, among those interviewed in regions that were only slightly deprived.
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"Previous investigations in this area were frequently distorted by individual socio-economic status, or only used data from a particular region or from outside Germany," Mielck added.
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