"Diabetes is now the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults in Australia. The concerning thing is that blindness due to diabetes is virtually all preventable or treatable."
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James Muecke (2020) cited in: "Australian of the Year calls for sugar tax to fight diabetes-caused blindness" in The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 2020.
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