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Diabetes becoming alarmingly common worldwide, new study finds

By Brown, Published: June 25

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/diabetes-becoming-alarming\

ly-common-worldwide-new-study-finds/2011/06/24/AGMkaFlH_story.html

Nearly 10 percent of the world's adults have diabetes, and the

prevalence of the disease is rising rapidly. As in the United States and

other wealthy nations, increased obesity and inactivity are the primary

cause in such developing countries as India and in Latin America, the

Caribbean and the Middle East.

That's the sobering conclusion of a study published Saturday in the

journal Lancet that traces trends in diabetes and average blood sugar

readings in about 200 countries and regions over the past three decades.

The study's findings predict a huge burden of medical costs and physical

disability ahead in this century....

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National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and

diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health

examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years

and 2·7 million participants

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