Study: Nearly 350M diabetics worldwide

LONDON — The num­ber of adults world­wide with dia­betes has more than dou­bled in three decades, jump­ing to an esti­mated 347 mil­lion, a new study says. Much of that increase is due to aging pop­u­la­tions — since dia­betes typ­i­cally hits in mid­dle age — and pop­u­la­tion growth, but part of it has also been fueled by ris­ing obe­sity rates.