So Kevin Hall and his colleagues at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, in Bethesda, Maryland, decided to look at the problem in a new way.

因此凯文•豪尔和他所在国家糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病研究所（马里兰州比色达）的同事们决定用新的方法来研究这个问题。

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To raise awareness about the importance of diabetes as a global public health problem.

提高人们对将糖尿病作为一项全球公共卫生问题的重要性的认识。

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A new study indicates that the failure to diagnose and treat diabetes is a global problem in countries rich and poor, putting millions of lives at risk.

一项新的研究指出，糖尿病迟迟未能诊断和治疗，是世界各国，不论贫富，共有的问题。这个问题使数以百万计的生命陷于危险。

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They simply have a medical problem, similar to that of diabetes or appendicitis.

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"It's a cosmetic problem, " says Ralph DeFronzo, chief of the diabetes division at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

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