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Nuray Bulbul

Over a billion people will get diabetes by 2050, study says

Diabetes will affect more than a billion people worldwide in the next few decades, a new study has revealed.

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal’s most recent article suggests more than double the 529 million cases of diabetes that were reported in 2021 will affect 1.3 billion people by the year 2050, around 13 per cent of the world’s population.

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