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You are watching Bittersweet Season 7 Episode 2

The world is facing a diabetes epidemic as the genetic Type 1 is overtaken by Type 2, which is linked to both genetic and lifestyle causes. India is set to become the Type 2 capital of the world – with numbers set to double in a generation – while in Africa, efforts are still being made to deliver insulin some 90  years after it was discovered.

• On site 12 January 2010
• Air date 12 January 2010
• Produced for BBC World

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Keywords

• Diabetes,
• Kenya,
• epidemic,
• developing world,
• food,
• diet