According to Tulsa World, compared with other states, Oklahoma leads the alarming rise of diabetes cases. 1 out of 10 Oklahomans have diabetes, report of health records from 1995-2010.
In the recent study report, diabetes cases rose by 226.7 percent; increase in both United States and Puerto Rico is 82.2 percent.
The unwarranted and undisciplined lifestyle of individuals is cited as the main reason of the rising problem of diabetes, said Steve Ludiker, a nurse practitioner at OU Physicians Diabetes.
Increase of calorie intake, low level of activity due to convenience in transportation, dependence on high-technology gadgets, unhealthy foods, and the decline of children playing in parks are possible reasons the disease, said the new study report.
"We don't really have really good habits or environments to make a difference," Ludiker explained.
Last 1995, Oklahoma saw a 3 percent adjustment of its diabetes problem. However, for the year 2000, the state had 5.4 percent increase, 8.6 percent for 2005 and 9.8 percent last 2010.
Rita Reebes, the diabetes prevention coordinator for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, is alarmed of the report, but she is admitted that Oklahomans don't give much attention to their lifestyle, which add burden to the government's move on addressing the health problem.
"If we would do that as a state, we would be living more healthily, more fully," Reebes said.
The problem of diabetes will cost much money for the government, and for individuals. Healthcare provisions and expenses increase due to the need of continual medication, said Ludiker.
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