The True Cost of Type II Diabetes (IMAGE)

University of East Anglia

The True Cost of Type II Diabetes

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Diabetes reduces people's employment chances and wages around the world -- according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the economic impact of type II diabetes worldwide. While it is widely known that diabetes poses a huge health challenge, awareness of its impact on the global economy and labor markets has never before been studied in such detail.

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