article_snippet: Diabetes could become a global epidemic affecting one in 12 adults around the world (file picture)
article_snippet: Diabetes has become a global epidemic, affecting one in 12 adults, scientists say.
article_snippet: The study by researchers at the University of East Anglia estimates that 382million people had diabetes in 2013.
article_snippet: In Britain, around 3.2million people have diabetes.
article_snippet: Diabetes has become an epidemic.
article_snippet: ‘The rising prevalence of diabetes in these countries has been fuelled by rapid urbanization, changing eating habits, and increasingly sedentary lifestyles.
article_snippet: Diabetes affects 382 million people worldwide, and that number is expected to grow to 592 million by 2035.
article_snippet: ‘We would hope that the findings further increase the policy attention being paid to diabetes prevention and management in rich countries and the findings should in particular make health and economic policymakers in developing countries aware of the economic damage that diabetes can do.
article_snippet: Mr Seuring and his colleagues analysed the impact on increasing number of diabetics on the economies of 20 countries.
article_snippet: A woman adjust a device which delivers insulin to A woman body.
article_snippet: In Britain 3.2 million people suffer from diabetes .
article_snippet: In Britain, where 3.2million people suffer with diabetes, Mr Seuring estimated the cost to be significant.
article_snippet: Mr Seuring said: ‘People in the UK with diabetes experience an income loss of £887 per year.
article_snippet: That pales in comparison, however, with the US where the annual diabetes healthcare cost is $6,800 (£4,600)
highlights_snippet: Researchers estimate 382million people suffered from diabetes in 2013 .
  