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There is a clear trend for rates of diabetes to increase in populations as they move from a rural to an urban existence. The reasons are unclear but probably relate to both decreasing physical activity as well as dietary changes. For example, rural Chinese have a prevalence of type 2 diabetes of 5%, which is less than half the rate of Singaporean Chinese (10.5%). Much larger differences are seen in South Asian, Hispanic, African, and Polynesian peoples (Figure 7.9).