Health experts: Malaysia has a full-blown sugar-fuelled diabetes crisis


KLANG: Diabetes is no longer a disease of the elderly as even teenagers are being afflicted with it.

Consultant endocrinologist Dr Malathi Karupiah said a survey conducted by the National Health Institute indicated that one in every five Malaysians was diabetic.

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