type 2 diabetes

Factsheet for professionals

Diabetes, a challenge to public health

• Europe has one of the highest prevalence of diabetes with 55.4 million sufferers – 8.5% of Europe’s population. It is predicted that one in 10 patients aged 20-79 years will have developed diabetes by 2030¹.
• Once a disease of old age, diabetes is now affecting adolescents and children and the highest increase is in the 30-40 year old age group².
• Estimates indicate that at least 80 billion Euros ($106 billion) will be spent on healthcare for diabetes in Europe in 2010, accounting for 28% of global expenditure¹.

For more information, see also : http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/who_fao_expert_report.pdf

Coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes

• Recent scientific studies consistently show that regular, moderate coffee consumption is associated with a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

• The association is documented in several different population groups and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes decreases as coffee consumption increases, with a significant effect already observed for 3-4 cups of coffee a day³.

• The mechanisms underlying the association between moderate coffee consumption and reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes need further investigation, to confirm the role of individual constituents in particular, such as caffeine and antioxidants