Obesity blamed for doubling rate of diabetes cases
(AP
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_he_me/med_diabetes_states"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081030/capt.b4ae292fa81c4a94b1c64f5fc1813abb.diabetes_gfx553.jpg?x=130y=114q=85sig=ghmdp4jhfFxNGjzPSunZJA--" align="left" height="114" width="130" alt="Graphic shows new diabetes rates by state; three sizes;" border="0" /></a>AP - The nation's obesity epidemic is exacting a heavy toll: The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the past 10 years, the government said Thursday. The highest rates were in the South, according to the first state-by-state review of new diagnoses. The worst was in West Virginia, where about 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease in 2005-07. The lowest was in Minnesota, where the rate was 5 in 1,000.</p><br clear="all"/>

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