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A new study reveals that as many as one third of American adults have diabetes or are close to developing it as shown by high blood sugar levels. 
 
And one-third of those are not aware of the diagnosis or risk. 
 
The rate of actual diabetes is estimated at close to 10% of the population and is rising. 
 
People with pre-diabetes are at higher risk for diabetes and heart disease but can reduce the risk with proper diet and exercise. 
 
Complications of diabetes include kidney and heart disease, blindness and limb amputations; treatment can delay but not completely prevent them.

Study: 73 million Americans have diabetes or are at risk

Asbury Park Press - 6/13/2006 4:39 AM

Nearly a third of Americans, more than 73 million adults, have diabetes or higher-than-normal blood sugar levels, a new study shows.
 
Rates of diagnosed diabetes are increasing, but a third of people who have the disease don't know it, a figure that has been reported for years and "really isn't budging," despite greater awareness of diabetes and its risks, says lead author Catherine Cowie of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
 
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