¿Diabesity¿ is the recent term illustrating the complex reliant relationship between obesity and diabetes. It represents a modern epidemic disease that has great social and clinical consequences. It has been estimated that about 80% of diabetic patients suffer from obesity. Such an estimate shows an aggregate and bothering trend toward children and adolescents (youth) developing both obesity and diabetes. However, the rapid worldwide increase in the prevalence of diabesity; as a serious health problem can be attributed to changing both traditional lifestyles and dietary patterns. Moreover, the vast revolution in technological industries in different modalities has led to a great extent to the sequels of obesity. Mechanization and effort/labor-saving technologies extremely contribute to decreased physical activity, in both children and adults, and hence causing obesity. Diabetes, obesity and their associated co-morbidities represent major health problems threatening both underdeveloped, as well as developing countries. Hence, Diabesity is regarded as a major threat such as a plague that is difficult to be managed.

Aya Khalil Ibrahim; Assistant Research Professor; Nayera Elmorsi Hassan; Research Professor; Sahar A. El-Masry; Research Professor; Muhammad Al-Tohamy; Research Professor. All are working in the Biological Anthropology field, Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Egypt.