A study by the national public health institute reveals alarming rates of type 2 diabetes among residents of France's overseas territories, where the chronic illness is two times as common as it is on the French mainland. What explains the disparity?
According to research published this week by Santé Publique France, the share of adults with diabetes on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion was 13.6 percent in 2021 – while in mainland France, the rate was last estimated at 5.7 percent in 2016.
