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Two states have highest rate of Diabetes

Posted at 7:49 AM, Dec 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-12-01 07:49:02-05

A new report from Gallup Healthways finds Alabama and West Virginia have the highest prevalence of diabetes.

More than 16-percent of the population in those states have been diagnosed.

Compare that with Colorado, Rhode Island and Utah, were less than 8-percent of the population of has diabetes.

Researchers say the obesity epidemic is one of the biggest factors for the rising rates of diabetes.