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Africa faces diabetes crisis, study finds
Diabetes is a condition in which the body struggles to turn food into energy due to insufficient insulin. Without insulin, sugar stays in the blood instead of entering cells, leading to high blood-sugar levels. Long-term complications include heart disease, kidney failure, blindness and amputations.
The International Diabetes Federation estimated in 2021 that 24 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa were living with the condition. Researchers had projected that by 2045, about 6% of sub-Saharan Africans ā over 50 million ā would have diabetes.
The new study, published this month in the medical journal The Lancet, suggested the actual percentage could be nearly double that.
Dr. Raylton Chikwati, a study co-author from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, said a risk factor is living in or moving to the outskirts of cities, or āperi-urban areas.ā
āAccess to health care, you know, in the rural areas is a bit less than in the urban areas,ā Chikwati said, adding that increased use of processed foods in the peri-urban areas was a problem.
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