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Diabetes Cuts Years Off Life Span of Americans

Diabetes cuts about 8.5 years off the life span of the average 50-year-old compared to a 50-year-old without diabetes, new research indicates. The study also shows that older adults with diabetes have a lower life expectancy at every age compared to people who do not have the disease. For example, researchers say, the difference at age 60 is 5.4 years; it's one year by 90.

People with diabetes are responsible for about 20% of U.S. health care expenditures. Diabetes is more common among non-whites; African-Americans are more likely to develop the disease than either whites or Hispanics. Researchers say that weight loss and exercise can be very effective in preventing diabetes in older adults who are at risk for diabetes.

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