Diabetes epidemic affecting 350m – and western fast food is to blame Two employees stand behind the counter of the first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in New Delhi, India. Photograph: Agence France Presse/Getty Images More than 350 million people in the world now have diabetes, an international study has revealed. The analysis, published online by the [...]
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The number of adults who have been diagnosed with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to 347 million, a far larger number than previously thought, a new study has found. An international team of researchers working with the World Health Organisation has found that the rates of diabetes have either risen or, at [...]
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