On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:31, Theola Walden Baker wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >>why are the diabetes rates rising in the USA and other >>"developed" countries? > > >Are *Type 1* rates rising? Nearly every day there's something in the news >about the rise in Type 2, but I don't recall seeing much about Type 1. > >Theola The article is specifically about the rise in Type 1 diabetes. As to the cause, my bet is on a viral infection of the pancreas, but I have no evidence for this. And as to why the rise should strike now, well, we know we have stuffed up the Pleistocene environment so much, the odds are on the cause being in there somewhere. Keith