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Far North Queensland has the world’s highest rate of childhood diabetes with kids as young as five diagnosed. People in their 20s are losing limbs and the number of deaths in remote areas “exponentially growing”.
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World’s worst rate of child diabetes revealed
Far North Queensland has the world’s highest rate of childhood diabetes with kids as young as five diagnosed. People in their 20s are losing limbs and the number of deaths in remot...
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