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Who:全世界4.22亿人患有糖尿病

A new report by the World Health Organization is warning the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has quadrupled over the past 4-decades.
 
世界卫生组织的一份新报告警告道,过去的40年,确诊患上糖尿病的人数翻了两番。
 
A WHO report says there are an estimated 422 million adults are living with diabetes right now.
 
Most of those people live in developing countries, including China.
 
WHO Director of noncommunicable diseases, Doctor Etienne Krug, says diabetes remains an avoidable disease.
 
"Through healthier eating, more physical activity, we could prevent most of these cases of diabetes, and by ensuring early detection and access to treatment for those who have diabetes, we could reduce complications and premature mortality."
 
In China, its estimated around 10 percent of all adults suffer from some form of diabetes.