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Type 2 diabetes has historically been known as a disease that only affects older people, where 40 percent of Americans over 65 have forms of pre-diabetes. However, 26 percent of Americans now are experience pre-diabetes, with over 73 million Americans who either have diabetes or are at risk of the disease. Risk factors include age, family history, weight, inactive lifesyle, high blood pressure, low levels of "good" cholesterol and history of disease in the blood vessels, heart or legs.
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