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Must-Know Facts about Diabetes in India

  By Trina Remedios  posted Sep 25th 2012 at 8:00AM IN | Avg Rating
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Diabetes is a growing problem in India; in fact, it has already reached dangerous numbers here. Once you’re detected with diabetes your whole life changes. What you do, what you eat, what you need to carry revolves around this prominent lifestyle disease. But how serious is the problem of diabetes in India? At what rate is it growing? Do we have the highest number of diabetics in any country? We have listed out some important facts and statistics that will shock and make you think. Ready? Here are the must-know facts about diabetes in India... *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images

  • India
  • 32 million people
  • top five countries
  • 35% in the next ten years
  • rural population
  • 7 million
  • 1.3 million deaths
  • Gestational diabetes

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