A new study found that red meat and refined carbs are driving the global increase in new cases of Type 2 diabetes.
The study, published on Monday in the Nature Medicine journal, analyzed the dietary intake of adults in 184 countries over nearly three decades.
Researchers determined that poor diet contributed to over 14 million new cases of Type 2 diabetes worldwide in 2018.
Type 2, the most common form of diabetes, is when the body doesn’t process insulin properly.
“Our study suggests poor carbohydrate quality is a leading driver of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes globally,” senior author Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a professor of nutrition at Tufts University and professor of medicine at Tufts School of Medicine, said in a statement to CNN.