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[article] Nearly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or prediabetes—and many have no clue. Are you among them? | Fortune

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[article] Nearly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or prediabetes—and many have no clue. Are you among them? | Fortune

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Nearly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or prediabetes—and many have no clue. Are you among them? | Fortune

All told, roughly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or its predecessor—and it's turning us into a nation burdened with illness, experts say.

Wonder if this shift corresponds to the age of automobiles

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fwiw, car usage may be related to elevated “fast food” consumption.

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