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Nearly half of people with diabetes don’t know they have it

An estimated 44% of diabetics worldwide aren’t aware of their condition.

Only 1 in 5 diabetics has their condition properly managed

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nearly half of people with diabetes around the world are unaware of their condition, according to a new study.

Globally, an estimated 44% of people 15 and older with diabetes didn’t know they had the life-threatening disease, researchers reported Sept. 8 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology .

“By 2050, 1.3 billion people are expected to be living with diabetes, and if nearly half don’t know they have a serious and potentially deadly health condition, it could easily become a silent epidemic,” lead investigator Lauryn Stafford s

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