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Schoolchildren look up at balloons released during a walk advocating prevention of obesity, diabetes and heart diseases in New Delhi, India, in August 2007.

India had about 37 million diabetes patients in 2007 and could have 57.5 million by the year 2025, according to statistics from the World Health Organization. ( © AP Images)