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Article: Healthy diet key to survival of diabetics: study.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- August 8, 2007
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Healthy diet key to survival of diabetics: study
Beijing, Aug 8 (PTI) -- A new study among diabetics in China's northern and southern regions have highlighted the need for a healthy diet and renunciation of drinking and smoking, the state media reported today.
Diabetics in north China are more prone to foot ulcers and amputations than those in the south of the country, the study has found.
The study involving 634 patients in 14 first-rate hospitals in seven provinces and two municipalities showed that people living north of the Yangtze River are more likely to suffer diabetes-induced foot ulcers.
Diabetics in the north are also more ...