egundo dados do Observatório Nacional da Diabetes, em 2015 a prevalência estimada da diabetes mellitus (DM) na população portuguesa com idades compreendidas entre os 20 e os 79 anos foi de 13,3%. Este valor corresponde a mais de um milhão de portugueses nesta faixa etária com
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