Two in five Americans at risk from type 2 diabetes

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Two in five Americans at risk from type 2 diabetes

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/two-five-americans-risk-type-2-diabetes-212701148.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3CKTnCEdPcxo5OqG44.fsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/b2c6387902d07bbe9775370a25cbbab1e1b6db8d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks by a sign advertising sugary drinks in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a high rate of obesity and diabetes on June 11, 2013 in New York City" align="left" title="A woman walks by a sign advertising sugary drinks in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a high rate of obesity and diabetes on June 11, 2013 in New York City" border="0" /></a>Two in five American adults are expected to develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime, according to a study published Tuesday that warned of spiralling health costs as a result. The risk was even higher for Hispanics and black women, half of whom are expected to develop the disease caused mainly by physical inactivity and excess bodyweight. The lifetime risk of developing type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes, rose from 20 percent for men and 27 percent for women in 1985-1989 to 40 percent for men and 39 percent for women in 2000-2011, researchers found. &quot;The largest increases were in Hispanic men and women, and non-Hispanic black women, for whom lifetime risk now exceeds 50 percent,&quot; according to the authors of the study in The Lancet medical journal.</p><br clear="all"/>

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