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Diabetes

According to the National Institutes of Health:
"Central obesity, in which a person has excess abdominal fat, is a major risk factor not only for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes but also for heart and blood vessel disease, also called cardiovascular disease (CVD)."
  • ​Type 2 represents 95% of diabetes cases.
  • 3,835 Americans will be diagnosed with diabetes today.
  • It's one of the leading causes of death in the world.
  • The number of people with diabetes around the world has quadrupled since 1980.