WHO: Global diabetes rates quadrupled since 1980s

Wataalam wame baini uhusiano kati ya uzito wakupita kiasi na athari ya aina ya pili ya ugonjwa waki sukari Source: AAP

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of adults with diabetes globally has quadrupled (4x) in under four decades, to 422-million.

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In one of the largest studies to date on diabetes, W-H-O researchers say ageing populations and rising levels of obesity across the world are contributing to the increase