Diabetes: The Silent Killer
Diabetes has become a lifestyle epidemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of adults suffering from diabetes has shot up- from 4.7% of the total population in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014. In fact, in 2013, more than half were in Asia and the Western Pacific, where 90-95% of cases were classed as Type-2 diabetes. There were 382 million people living with diabetes, globally, in 2013 and this number is expected to rise to 592 million by 2035.
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