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Diabetes Rates on the Rise

By Sarina Turnbull

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Las Cruces, NM – Diabetes is becoming increasingly common across the country due to the poor eating habits and inactive lifestyles of many Americans. The disease affects thousands of residents in New Mexico, but as KRWG's Sarina Turnbull reports a large percentage of the population has diabetes and doesn't even know it.