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摘要

Ajit Singh had never heard of diabetes until someone showed up at his door and told his wife she had a high risk of having it. The couple live about three hours outside New Delhi in the farming village of Thana Kalan, where water buffalo roam the narrow cobblestone streets and the scent of drying cow dung, which the villagers use for cooking fuel, hangs faintly in the air. After the health worker advised his wife to be tested, she found out she's diabetic. Now the same community health aide is back, telling Singh he's also at high risk for having the disease and going through the long list of changes to his lifestyle and diet he'll have to make to ensure he stays healthy. The exasperated 56-year-old's first concern: "Can I consume tea?"