Cancer may be more deadly, but people cringe the hardest over the potential diagnosis of diabetes, according to a new Harris poll that found more than half of Americans live in fear of the disease.
Unfortunately, our worry ends there.
- While 70 percent of respondents said maintaining an unhealthy weight is risky, 46 percent admitted to being overweight.
- Most of those polled knew at least one diabetes risk factor, but fewer than half recognized their own risk factors, such as carrying high amounts of belly fat.
- Even worse: While 66 percent of those who answered the poll said avoiding doctors is risky, 50 percent said they did just that.
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