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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the United States affecting more than 3 million people over the last two years. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States as well, and more than 80% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight. There is such a close parallel between these two epidemics that some researchers are referring to them as the twin epidemics.
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