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CDC Study Shows Diabetes Tripling by 2050

CBN News :

One out of every three people who has it doesn't know it. Seventeen million Americans suffer from diabetes, a commonly known disease that shortens life and wreaks havoc on the body.

Dr. K.M. Venkat Narayan of the Centers for Disease Control said, "It affects every organ of the body, because of its affects in the blood vessels. Particularly, it can cause eye disease leading to blindness, it can cause kidney disease and heart disease."

Now, a startling new study from by Dr. Narayan and the CDC says that by the year 2050, the number of Americans getting diabetes will almost triple.

Dr. Narayan said, "An average American born in the year 2000 has a one in three chance of developing diabetes during his or her lifetime."

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So why are the numbers so high? Doctors say obesity is a major cause. But there are many other risk factors.