Arredouani Abdelilah
Diabetes Research Center; Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
Int J Endocrinol. 2021 Mar 26;2021:6661346. doi: 10.1155/2021/6661346. eCollection 2021.
Beyond the suffering of the affected subjects, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity epidemics gripping the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are expected to seriously jeopardize these nations' economies and development due to productivity losses. Available data show that healthcare budgets in GCC nations are under tremendous pressure because of diabetes- and obesity-linked comorbidities. Furthermore, T2D, once an over-forties disease, risks becoming a whole-adult-life condition because of obesity-associated early-onset T2D and prediabetes. The incidence of T2D is set to worsen unless efficient actions are taken to fight obesity and prevent the conversion of prediabetes to T2D. There is a consensus that the concomitant increase in obesity rates drives T2D rates upward. Fighting obesity at all levels should, therefore, take center stage for the GCC nations. The battle against obesity and T2D is a long-term and complex one. Therefore, only through concerted efforts between several public and private actors, including health, economic, and urbanization agencies, food producers and retailers, schools, families, youth organizations, sports clubs, and voluntary organizations, can this battle be won. The present review tries to assess the current status of diabetes and obesity epidemics in the GCC context and take stock of some of the policies and initiatives that have been, or need to be, implemented to address their growing burden.
除了患病个体所遭受的痛苦之外，席卷海湾合作委员会（GCC）国家的2型糖尿病（T2D）和肥胖症流行，预计将因生产力损失而严重危及这些国家的经济和发展。现有数据表明，由于与糖尿病和肥胖相关的合并症，海湾合作委员会国家的医疗保健预算承受着巨大压力。此外，T2D曾经是一种四十岁以上人群易患的疾病，由于与肥胖相关的早发性T2D和糖尿病前期，现在有成为全年龄段疾病的风险。除非采取有效行动对抗肥胖并预防糖尿病前期转变为T2D，否则T2D的发病率将进一步恶化。人们普遍认为，肥胖率的同步上升推动了T2D发病率的上升。因此，在各个层面对抗肥胖应成为海湾合作委员会国家的核心任务。对抗肥胖和T2D是一场长期而复杂的战斗。因此，只有包括卫生、经济和城市化机构、食品生产商和零售商、学校、家庭、青年组织、体育俱乐部和志愿组织在内的多个公共和私人行为体共同努力，才能赢得这场战斗。本综述试图评估海湾合作委员会地区糖尿病和肥胖症流行的现状，并总结一些已经实施或需要实施的政策和举措，以应对其日益加重的负担。
