Diabetes Ravages Native Population

The Georgia Straight | December 10, 2007
According to the Canadian Diabetes Association, more than two million Canadians have diabetes, and by 2010 the disease will cost taxpayers an estimated $15.6 billion every year. Health Canada says Native Canadians are three to five times more likely than the general population to develop Type 2 diabetes.

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