Diabetics getting younger


A nurse attends a diabetes patient at at hospital Sg. Buloh on 13 November 2013. AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The number of diabetics is continuing to rise and the more worrying statistic is that the disease is claiming more younger Malaysians as among its victims.

The most recent National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) shows that almost double those in the 30 to 39 age group were afflicted with the disease compared to five years earlier in 2006.

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