Mozaffarian says healthier diets could prevent 70% of global type 2 diabetes

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"For diabetes, that number jumps to 70%. 70% of diabetes, and that's globally actually. We've looked at that globally. It's a little bit higher in the United States, almost 75%. Uh 70% of diabetes around the world, type 2 diabetes, could be prevented if people had healthy, nourishing diets."

Dariush Mozaffarian says his analyses suggest about 70% of type 2 diabetes worldwide could be prevented with healthier, nourishing diets. He adds that his estimate for the United States is higher, at almost 75%.