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KOCHI: Tamil Nadu has the highest prevalence of diabetes in the country followed by Kerala, showed a 16-yearstudy published in The Lancet this year. Most of the burden attributable to diabetes is avoidable,” added Dr Jeemon.“Nearly 80 % of diabetes is preventable by adopting a proper lifestyle and diet. While the prevalence rate in Tamil Nadu was 13/100 persons, in Kerala it was 12. If we don’t prevent diabetes now, then we are paving the way for a catastrophe,” said diabetologist Dr Sreejith N Kumar. On World Diabetes Day , we have decided to extend it to all districts and funds for the same have been released..