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                    [Summary] => Seven out of every 10 diabetic Filipinos will end up with amputated lower limbs, the Philippine Diabetes Association (PDA) said yesterday.


The group also warned that every 30 seconds, a human leg is cut off due to diabetes somewhere in the world.


PDA president Dr. Teresa Plata Que said foot and leg amputation is the leading complication of diabetes, a condition associated with an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle.


She added that this is because humans belong to the "upright Homo sapiens" species that depends heavily on its feet.


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DR. TERESA PLATA QUE

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The group also warned that every 30 seconds, a human leg is cut off due to diabetes somewhere in the world.


PDA president Dr. Teresa Plata Que said foot and leg amputation is the leading complication of diabetes, a condition associated with an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle.


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Seven of 10 Filipino diabetes patients likely to lose a leg

By Sheila Crisostomo | November 12, 2005 - 12:00am

Seven out of every 10 diabetic Filipinos will end up with amputated lower limbs, the Philippine Diabetes Association (PDA) said yesterday. The group also warned that every 30 seconds, a human leg is cut off due...

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