Pork Tacos Topped With FriesFuel For Mexico's Diabetes Epidemic....Rich, fatty street food like this is available all over Mexico at bus stops, at schools and on street corners. And it's affordable to the masses. A heaping plate of Martinez's favorite pork tacos costs less than a dollar.......All that cheap food in a country where incomes are rising is contributing to Mexico's massive diabetes epidemic.......Until just recently Mexico was the largest per capita consumer of soda in the world, chugging down 36 gallons of sugary drinks per person per year. That dubious distinction now falls to Argentina, with the U.S. and Chile not far behind......Excessive body fat is one of the main contributors to the onset of Type 2 diabetes. And obesity rates have been climbing steadily in Mexico. It's now one of the world's most overweight countries, coming in just behind the United States.......Mexican health officials are well aware of the crisis. Late last year, the health minister declared diabetes and obesity to be public health emergencies the first time they'd made such a declaration that wasn't targeting an infectious disease......"Diabetes is one of the biggest problems in the health system in Mexico," says Dr. Carlos Aguilar Salinas at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City. "It's the first cause of death. It's the first cause of disability. It's the main cost for the health system."......Rising rates of obesity combined with a genetic predisposition for Type 2 diabetes has caused a slow steady rise in the condition in Mexico over the last 40 years. Now roughly 14 percent of adults in this country of 120 million are living with what can be a devastating and even fatal health condition. Diabetes poses an increasing burden on the nation's hospitals and clinics. The surge in diabetes threatens the very stability of Mexico's public health care system, according to new reports........"In the middle of the 1970s and especially after the '80s, the prevalence of diabetes exploded," says Dr. Carlos Aguilar Salinas. ......"Diabetes is now one of the biggest problems in the health system in Mexico," he says. It's the first cause of death. It's the first cause of disability. It's the first cause of early retirement. It's the main cost for the health system.".......Diabetes costs the Mexican health care system billions of dollars each year.......I GUESS THIS IS WHY DIAGNOS IS IN MEXICO...........BEING THE FIRST MOVER WITH OUR DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY.......WE CAN START SAVING EYES AND LIVES IN MEXICO!!